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Penny / 3 mites - Philip the Handsome, Regency
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1489-1492 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a crowned heraldic shield surmounted by a crown, bearing the imperial eagle displayed facing left, rendered in the late Gothic style characteristic of Burgundian Low Countries coinage. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, with a Latin legend encircling the periphery. The strike is irregular, consistent with hand-hammered production, and the surfaces show typical flan irregularities for the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAX`ILIA. REX. RO (Translation: Maximilian, King of the Romans) |
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Philip the Handsome assumed nominal lordship of the Habsburg Netherlands as an infant following his mother Mary of Burgundy's death in 1482, with actual governance handled by a regency council dominated by the Flemish estates. The years 1489–1492 fall squarely within that contested regency period, during which Maximilian I was fighting to reclaim direct control — at one point imprisoned by the citizens of Bruges — leaving Holland's mint operating under fractious, committee-driven authority rather than any single sovereign hand.
The billon composition reflects chronic silver shortages that plagued Low Countries minting throughout the 1480s.