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Snaphaan Nijmegen
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1530 |
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| Value | 1 Silver Rider (Snaphaan) (3⁄10) |
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| Reverse description | A highly ornamented cross occupies the centre of the reverse, with the large civic coat of arms of Nijmegen placed at its centre. At each extremity of the cross, smaller shields bearing the Nijmegen arms are interspersed among elaborate peacock-feather decorations, creating a distinctive foliate and heraldic composition. The overall design reflects the civic pride of Nijmegen and the decorative repertoire of early sixteenth-century Netherlandish die engraving. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire device, bounded by a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nijmegen held mint rights within Guelders intermittently, and by 1530 the duchy was under Karel van Egmond — the last native duke, locked in a prolonged struggle against Habsburg encroachment that defined the final decades of Guelders' independence. The snaphaan was a regional type particular to the northern Low Countries, its production tied directly to local commercial demand rather than imperial monetary policy.
Karel died in 1538 without an heir, and Guelders passed to the Habsburgs shortly after. Coins from the Nijmegen mint in his final years are consequently scarce survivors of a politically precarious operation.