1 Grossus - Philip the Handsome with M
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Brabant
(Belgian States)  |
|---|---|
| Regent |
Philip III (1482-1494)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1487-1488 |
| Value | 1 Groschen (Groot) |
| Currency | Groot (1183-1506) |
| Composition | Bilon (Ag .222 or .167) |
| Weight | 1.81 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 98929 |
| References | Gelder Hoc# 71-1 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. Hugo Vanhoudt. De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode. Vanhoudt, Heverlee, Belgium (2 volumes). Alphonse de Witte. Histoire monétaire des Comtes de Louvain, Ducs de Brabant et marquis du Saint Empire Romain. Veuve de Backer, Antwerpen, Belgium (3 volumes). |
Obverse
(en) Crowned M monogram.
Script: łacina (uncjalna)
Lettering: ☩ GROS ⸰ RO ⸰ RG ⸰Z ⸰ PhI ⸰ ARDV ⸰ AV ⸰ BG ⸰BR
Lettering (regular font): ☩ GROS ⸰ RO ⸰ RG ⸰Z ⸰ PHI ⸰ ARDV ⸰ AV ⸰ BG ⸰BR
Unabridged legend: Grossus Romanorum Regis et Philippus Archiducis Austriae Burgundiae Brabantiae
Reverse
(en) Shield over floriate cross.
Script: łacina (uncjalna)
Lettering: ☩ DEVm ⸰ PLVS ⸰ AmA ⸰ QVAn ⸰ARGEnTVm
Lettering (regular font): ☩ DEVM ⸰ PLVS ⸰ AMA ⸰ QVAN ⸰ARGENTVM
Unabridged legend: Deum Plus Ama Quan Argentum
Mints
| Antwerp, Belgium (600-1814) | |
| Mechelen, Belgium (1346-1585) |
Comments
(en) Silver 1487 (.222) Silver 1488 (.167)
By a decree of 20 April, 1487, Maximilian tried to establish a new currency system in the Burgundian Netherlands based on the gold real (14.4 g. pure gold) and the silver real (7.0 grams 0.900 fine), with the equivalents 1 gold real = 24 silver reals; 1 silver real = 4 griffons (1.75 g., 0.88 fine) = 24 groats (1.24 g., 0.200 fine). By the time the first Brabant coins were struck in July, 1487, the values had changed to 1 silver real (7.2 g.) = 4 griffons (3.35 g. , 0.480 fine)= 16 groats (1.81 g., 0.214).
Some of these types (like this one) stated the denomination in the legend, which was rare at the time.
These types were produced for less than two years, and were replaced by types resembling earlier issues (groats and their fractions, patards, briquets, etc.).
By a decree of 20 April, 1487, Maximilian tried to establish a new currency system in the Burgundian Netherlands based on the gold real (14.4 g. pure gold) and the silver real (7.0 grams 0.900 fine), with the equivalents 1 gold real = 24 silver reals; 1 silver real = 4 griffons (1.75 g., 0.88 fine) = 24 groats (1.24 g., 0.200 fine). By the time the first Brabant coins were struck in July, 1487, the values had changed to 1 silver real (7.2 g.) = 4 griffons (3.35 g. , 0.480 fine)= 16 groats (1.81 g., 0.214).
Some of these types (like this one) stated the denomination in the legend, which was rare at the time.
These types were produced for less than two years, and were replaced by types resembling earlier issues (groats and their fractions, patards, briquets, etc.).
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1487-1488) | 474 052 | (en) Antwerp, Mechelen | |||||||||||||
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