Cambrai (Dutch: Kamerijk, former mint city now municipality in the French department of Nord) belonged to the Holy Roman Empire
from 925 and was the seat of a bishopric, later an archbishopric. Merovingian tremisses inscribed CAMARACO and Carolingian
deniers with CAMARACVS are known. From at least the mid-13th century, the bishops minted coins at Cambrai (and at times Le
Cateau-Cambrésis), issuing daalders, rijksdaalders, gold and small silver pieces, with orientation shifting between France
and the Southern Netherlands; minting often paused under Burgundian dominance. The cathedral chapter also struck limited issues
in the 13th and 14th centuries. During the Eighty Years’ War, two series of square copper emergency coins were produced: in
1581 (10, 5, 2 and 1 patard) by the city council, and in 1595 (20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 patard) by the French garrison commander.
Loading