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The name given to an early French gold coinage dating from John II (1350-1364). The coins received this name from the figure of the King on horseback, the type of the Gouden Rijder. They were copied in the Low Countries, and in Brabant, under Joanna (1355-1405).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)