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Gulden 'Burgundian' - Philip the Good
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1466-1467 |
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| Value | Florin (Gulden) |
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| Obverse description | Standing full-length figure of Saint Andrew, nimbate, depicted facing forward in flowing robes, his arms extended to either side as he embraces the large diagonal saltire cross — his instrument of martyrdom. The saint's bearded face is rendered in high relief beneath a radiate nimbus. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the peripheral legend running between the inner and outer borders in Gothic uncial characters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Philip the Good's monetary reforms of the 1460s were driven by a persistent problem: the fragmented coinage of the Burgundian Netherlands made trade across his territories a logistical headache, with each county and duchy operating under different standards. The gulden issued under his authority for Holland was part of a broader push to harmonize weight and fineness across the Low Countries — a project largely completed only under his successor, Charles the Bold.
Philip died in June 1467, making this a terminal issue, struck in the final months of a reign that lasted over forty years.