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Stuiver 'Woechey' - Arnold van Egmond
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1423-1473 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A long cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quadrants, with the arms of Guelders — a rampant lion on a shielded escutcheon — placed at the centre over the cross intersection. Each quadrant contains a secondary heraldic or decorative charge: a six-pointed star and letter devices are visible in the upper quadrants, and further letters or symbols appear in the lower quadrants, all consistent with the typical layout of Low Countries patard coinage of the period. A beaded inner circle encloses the central design, and a peripheral legend in Gothic uncial lettering encircles the entire reverse within a dotted border. |
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Arnold van Egmond's long tenure as Duke of Guelders was defined less by stable governance than by chronic warfare — against his own father, against Burgundy, and eventually against his own son Adolf, who imprisoned him in 1465 and held him captive for nearly seven years. The ducal mint was operating under financial strain for most of this period, and the Woechey series reflects that: a debased, repeatedly renegotiated currency kept alive largely because the duchy needed silver in circulation regardless of its quality.
The "Woechey" name likely derives from a colloquial Low German term for the weekly market coin — these circulated hard in the Guelders market towns.