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Leeuwendaalder
| Issuer | Gelderland, Province of |
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| Year | 1589-1602 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | · CONFIDENS · DNO · NON · MOVETVR · ❀ (Translation: Those who trust in God are immovable) |
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The leeuwendaalder was introduced by the States-General in 1575 primarily as a trade coin, engineered to circulate in the Levant and Baltic markets where its consistent silver content earned genuine trust. Gelderland was among the early provincial mints to strike the type, and its output fed directly into the VOC's precursor trading networks before the company's formal founding in 1602.
Provincial emissions varied in fineness compliance — Gelderland issues of this period were periodically criticized by the States-General for underweight or substandard alloy, a recurring tension between provincial mint autonomy and the demand for a reliable commercial instrument abroad.