FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL Orange, William II (IX) of Orange-Nassau (1647-1650). Half executive, imitation of the half executive of the kingdom of France 1649, Orange. Av. GVILLELMVS. D: G. PRIN. AVR. Bust cuirassed, with a flat collar, right. Rv. * SOLI. DEO. HONOR. - ET. G[LORI]A. (date). Crowned shield with three pseudo-lilies, under a horn; (different) in exergue. Bd.1010 - PA.4628 - VVW.102 - Dy.2187 ; Silver - 13,31 g - 34 mm - 6 h PCGS Genuine Graffiti-VF Detail (55936797). The strike is slightly off-centre, on a flank barely pinched to the left. Scratches on reverse. Regular wear, with a grey patina. Very good to very good. William IX was the penultimate of the Princes of the Orange-Nassau dynasty to have minted in the principality of Orange. After a reign of just three years, he died of smallpox on 6 November 1650 at the age of twenty-four, leaving his wife Mary Stuart pregnant. The posthumous child, named William-Henri, who was born on 14 November 1650, saw his principality of Orange confiscated by King Louis XIV in 1660. However, the Prince of Orange took his revenge by winning great military victories over the Sun King, after succeeding to the throne of England as William III in 1689. From a heraldic point of view, our half-execution is remarkable. Voûte and van der Wiel speak of "pseudo-fleurs de lis" accompanied by the cornet d'Orange. This is of course an imitation of the French royal coin. Orange was known for its imitations of foreign coins, as evidenced by the enormous quantities of double tournois and luigini that were minted.