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1/2 Real '1/2 Leicester real'
| Issuer | Province of Zeeland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1586 |
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| Value | 1/2 Real |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1586 |
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This piece dates to the tumultuous governorship of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who arrived in the Netherlands in late 1585 as Elizabeth I's appointed governor-general following the Treaty of Nonsuch. Zeeland, like several provinces, struck coinage under his authority — hence the collector designation "Leicester real." His tenure collapsed within two years amid friction with the States-General over his unilateral acceptance of sovereignty, and he departed in 1587, making the window for this issue exceptionally narrow.
The HPM and Delmonte references both treat Zeeland's Leicester-period coinage as scarce, the provincial output being limited by both time and political instability.