1/2 Duit

Issuer Elburg, City of
Year 1619-1621
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1/2 Duit (1⁄320)
Currency Gulden (1581-1795)
Composition Copper
Weight 1.2 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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In circulation to 1 October 1822
Reference(s) KM#1, Ver#38.4
Obverse description Five line inscription within this tulip wreath.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ·1 · 6 · MONETA ECCLES: ELBORG · I · S ·
(Translation: Ecclesiastic coinage of Elburg)
Reverse description City arms (city gate with lion lying in gate) within thin tulip wreath.
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Mintage ND (1619-1621) - -
Numisquare ID 1806553520
Additional information

Historical Context: Issued by the City of Elburg between 1619 and 1621, this 1/2 Duit coin marks the end of the Twelve Years' Truce and the resumption of the Eighty Years' War. Elburg, a historic Hanseatic city within the Dutch Republic, exercised its right to mint low-denomination copper coinage

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