How Far Back Can We Go? Sixth Edition! Ended At 1380 Waiting On 1379

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This well-worn undated 1/4 groot of the County of Holland (van der Chijs Vol. 6, VIII.16)

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Count Albrecht was authorizing new types every two years more-or-less (there were emissions of 1391, 1393, 1395). I think in the 5th edition we discussed da(t)ing by emission and agreed to accept them, but maybe with ttkoo's great collection that's not even needed.

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You could probably be negotiating global trade deals with those negotiating skills

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This well-worn undated 1/4 groot of the County of Holland (van der Chijs Vol. 6, VIII.16) was struck in an "emission of 1393." Count Albrecht was authorizing new types every two years more-or-less (there were emissions of 1391, 1393, 1395). I think in the 5th edition we discussed daing by emission and agreed to accept them, but maybe with ttkoo's great collection that's not even needed.

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1393—1399. — However, a reaction soon set in. Even before the conflict with Dordrecht was settled, a currency ordinance was drawn up on May 15, 1393 with the cooperation of all other cities, as a result of which the system of 1388 was restored. The rates of the coins were, with the exception of a few minor corrections, restored to the level established in 1388; at the same time new coins were introduced: a shield of 40 majors and a silver major, both equal in intrinsic value to the corresponding pieces of 1388. The light major of the previous period was set at 2/3 new major: in accounts from the immediately following years A distinction is made several times between heavy and light money, which have a ratio of 3:2. As a badge of the new arrangement, the coins bore, as expressly stated in the publication, a striking rose in the field. It appears that coins of this type were already produced some time before the ordinance of May 15, but without the rose in the field [9] and issued at a considerably higher nominal value.

In the course of 1394, a reconciliation was achieved between the fiercely opposed parties, as a result of which good relations between Dordrecht and the duke were restored. The Dutch currency will therefore return to Dordrecht fairly soon. However, the minting of the new heavy money was probably not very extensive, mainly because profitable processing of better coins minted elsewhere was not possible, now that the level of the Dutch and Flemish coins was once again the same. The treasury accounts again show a slight increase in the price of gold coins in 1394 and 1395 of approximately 5%, which must have made minting completely impossible.

In this situation, the duke would have easily agreed to give up the exploitation of the mint entirely in return for an annual payment. On June 13, 1395, an agreement was reached with the cities [10], in which, on the one hand, the rates of 1388 and 1393 were restored, and on the other hand, the duke promised to stop coining, and therefore also to refrain from new profitable coinage of weakened coins, against a fixed fee of 6,000 Dordrecht guilders per year, to be paid by the joint cities of Holland and Zeeland. He was therefore assured of a fixed amount of income to replace the varying income from the coinage; the amount was certainly not insignificant: 637 1/2 pounds, little less than the 700 pounds that the mint had yielded during the very large minting of guilders in the eighties. The cities could consider themselves protected against manipulations with the currency by a levy paid equally to all owners, which constituted a particularly incalculable tax with very variable pressure.