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Stuiver "Statenstuiver" - Philip II
| Issuer | Spanish Netherlands (unofficial/counterfeit issue) |
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| Year | 1577 |
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| Value | 1 Stuiver (1⁄20) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the crowned coat of arms of Austria-Burgundy, displaying the quartered escutcheon of the Spanish Habsburg composite arms surmounted by an arched crown with fleur-de-lis finials. The denomination mark 'I S' (one stuiver) flanks the shield to left and right respectively. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, reading the titulature of Philip II as King of Spain and Duke of Gelderland, separated by pellet stops and colons. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Statenstuiver emerged from the chaos of the early Dutch Revolt, when the States General — freshly united under the Pacification of Ghent in 1576 — faced a practical crisis: Philip II's unpaid Spanish troops had sacked Antwerp in November of that year, destroying trade networks and draining legitimate coinage from circulation. Unauthorized copper issues filled the void, struck by or for municipal and rebel authorities who needed small change and had little interest in waiting for royal sanction.
De Voogt's classification of this piece as unofficial reflects genuine ambiguity in the historical record — the line between emergency civic coinage and outright counterfeit was rarely clean in the Low Countries during 1576–77.