1 Grossus - Philip the Handsome with M

Features

Issuer Duchy of Brabant (Belgian States)
Regent Philip III the Handsome (1482-1494)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1487-1488
Value 1 Groschen (Groot)
Currency Groot (1183-1506)
Composition Billon (Ag .222 or .167)
Weight 1.81 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
98929
References GH# 71-1,
Hendrik Enno Van Gelder, Marcel René Benoît Ghislain Hoc; 1960. Les Monnaies des Pays-Bas bourguignons et espagnols 1434-1713 : Répertoire général. J. Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Vanhoudt# 91-AN,
Hugo Vanhoudt; 2015. De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode 1434-1830. Vanhoudt, Heverlee, Netherlands.
Witte# 562
Alphonse De Witte; 1894. Histoire monétaire des Comtes de Louvain, Ducs de Brabant et marquis du Saint Empire Romain / Tome 1. Veuve de Backer, Antwerp, Belgium.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Crowned M monogram.

Script: Latin (uncial)

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

Translation: Grossus of the King of the Romans and Philip, Archduke of Burgundy and Brabant

Reverse

Shield over floriate cross.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: ☩ DEVm ⸰ PLVS ⸰ AmA ⸰ QVAn ⸰ARGEnTVm

Lettering (regular font): ☩ DEVM ⸰ PLVS ⸰ AMA ⸰ QVAN ⸰ARGENTVM

Translation: Love god more than money

Mint

Mechelen, Belgium (1346-1585)

Comments

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.).

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1487-1488)  474 052 (fr) Ateliers: Anvers, Malines

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