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1/2 Silver Ducat
| Issuer | Province of Utrecht (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1659-1674 |
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| Value | 1/2 Silver Ducat (1/2 Rijksdaalder) (6⁄5) |
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| Obverse description | A fully armored knight stands facing right in the central field, dressed in articulated plate armor with a plumed helmet, holding a sword upright in his right hand and resting his left hand upon a crowned heraldic shield depicting the arms of Utrecht. The date 1662 is inscribed in two numerals flanking the knight's body at mid-field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin circumscription running along the outer border reading MO : NO : ARG : PRO : CONFΠ: BELG : TRAI, identifying this as a new silver coinage of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Utrecht. The coin exhibits the characteristic irregular flan and bold relief typical of Dutch hammered silver coinage of the mid-seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large crowned Dutch lion shield at center, depicting a rampant lion to the left within a cartouche-shaped escutcheon surmounted by an elaborate royal crown with fleur-de-lis finials. The shield is rendered in high relief with fine engraved detail on both the crown and the lion's body. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, and the Latin legend CONCORDIA RES PARVÆ CRESCVNT runs continuously around the outer border, the motto of the Dutch Republic signifying that small things grow through harmony. A decorative quatrefoil or rosette mint mark punctuates the legend, consistent with the Utrecht mint's rose privy mark used during this emission period. |
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