1 Groat "with M" - Philip the Handsome, Regency
Features
| Issuer |
Burgundian Netherlands
(County of Flanders, Belgian States)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Philip (1482-1506)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1487-1488 |
| Value | 1 Groschen (Groot) |
| Currency | Groot (864-1506) |
| Composition | Billon (0.200 silver) |
| Weight | 1.7 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 311057 |
| References | Gelder Hoc# 71-5 Hendrik Enno van Gelder, Marcel René Benoît Ghislain Hoc; 1960. Les Monnaies des Pays-Bas bourguignons et espagnols 1434-1713: Répertoire général. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Louis François Joseph Deschamps de Pas; 1863. Essai sur l'histoire monétaire des Comtes de Flandre de la Maison de Bourgogne: et descriptions de leurs monnaies d'or et d'argent. Self-published, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Crown over a large Latin M. Punctuation by trefoils.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ DEnARI* SIMPLEX* GRIFOn* ME*
Lettering (regular font): ✠ DENARI* SIMPLEX* GRIFON* ME*
Unabridged legend: Denarius Simplex Grifonus
Reverse
SHield of Austria-Burgundy over a cross with fleur-de-lis tips.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ DEVM* PLVS* AMA* QVAM* ARGEn*
Lettering (regular font): ✠ DEVM* PLVS* AMA* QVAM* ARGEN*
Unabridged legend: Deum Plus Ama Quam Argentum
Translation: Love God more than money
Mint
Bruges, Belgium (864-1754)Comments
By an ordonnance of 20 April, 1487, Maximilian launched a short-loved coinage system in the Burgundian Netherlands based on the silver real of about 7 grams. Other denominations included the gold real (=24 silver reals), the guilder (= 6 silver reals), the griffon (1/4 silver real) and this groat (1/24 real). By 1489 the system had reverted to something resembling the previous one.
Variants in spelling of both obverse and reverse legends are known (especially the last word, e.g., mЄ', mЄD' or mЄDi obverse, and ARGЄn, ARGЄnTV reverse
Variants in spelling of both obverse and reverse legends are known (especially the last word, e.g., mЄ', mЄD' or mЄDi obverse, and ARGЄn, ARGЄnTV reverse
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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