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1/2 Rijksdaalder '1/2 Leicesterrijksdaalder' 6 provinces
| Issuer | Province of Zeeland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1586-1593 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned shield bearing the quartered coat of arms of six united provinces: Guelders (lion), Flanders (lion), Holland (lion), Zeeland (lion with waves), Utrecht (cross), and Frisia (eagle stripes). The shield is elaborately decorated and centrally placed within the field. The surrounding Latin legend identifies the coin as imperial law currency of the confederated Belgian provinces. The date appears at the conclusion of the reverse legend, with the whole composition characteristic of the early coinage of the Dutch Republic. |
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Zeeland struck these half rijksdaalders during the governorship of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whose disastrous tenure over the Dutch Republic lasted from 1586 to 1588 — yet the coinage bearing his authority continued past his departure. Leicester's acceptance of the governor-generalship infuriated Elizabeth I, who had explicitly forbidden him from taking sovereign-style powers, and the coins issued under his administration became an uncomfortable numismatic record of that constitutional overreach.
The "6 provinces" designation reflects the absence of Utrecht from the issuing coalition during certain years of this run.