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Mite - John of Horne
| Issuer | Lordship of Kessenich |
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| Year | 1402-1423 |
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| Currency | Groot |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John of Horne held the lordship of Kessenich during a period when the lower Meuse valley was fractured among dozens of petty ecclesiastical and secular lords, each asserting minting rights of varying legitimacy. Kessenich itself was a tiny jurisdiction near Maastricht, and its coinage output was correspondingly minimal — these copper mites circulated hyper-locally, likely within a few kilometers of the lordship's seat.
The van der Chijs reference places this among a tightly catalogued group of Brabantine-influenced lowland mites, but surviving examples are genuinely scarce given the fragility of the fabric at this weight.