Coin Production in the Low Countries, 14th-19th Centuries

Coin Production in the Low Countries 14th-19th c. (Combined) synthesizes several historical numismatic datasets, including those by Munro/Cauwenberghe, Polak, Vanhoudt, Scheffers, Cuhaj, and De Voogt. The dataset likely contains records of coin production from various political entities, including municipal mints, provinces, and the Dutch Republic. Its scope extends to paper money and covers regions later incorporated into France.

Use Cases

• [Analyzing mint output trends] based on records of coin production from various political entities
• [Studying monetary integration] based on coverage of provinces before and after Burgundian-Habsburg incorporation
• [Investigating non-silver currency] based on the inclusion of copper coins from the Dutch Republic
• [Tracking territorial changes] based on data from provinces later incorporated into France
• [Researching early paper money] based on the inclusion of paper money from Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Strengths

• Combines multiple authoritative source datasets (Munro/Cauwenberghe, Polak, Vanhoudt, Scheffers, Cuhaj, De Voogt)
• Covers a long temporal scope from the 14th to the 19th century
• Includes a wide geographic and political scope, from municipal mints to larger provinces and republics

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, specific column names, and file format are unknown
• The dataset's last update is listed as 2026, but it is a snapshot of combined sources from 2017 and 2016, suggesting the underlying data may not be recent
• Documentation gaps exist, as specific data fields and collection methodologies are not detailed

Provenance

Source

Stapel, Rombert; DataverseNL Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Combination of existing historical numismatic datasets

Time Range

14th-19th centuries

Freshness

Last updated metadata: 2026-06-01 (snapshot of data as of 2017-12-21)

Geography

Low Countries (historical regions including modern Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of France and Germany)