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1/8 Livire / 21/2 Stuiver Zeeland
| Issuer | Province of Zeeland |
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| Year | 1795 |
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| Value | 21/2 Stuivers (0.125) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Denomination and date inscribed in five lines across the field, without border ornament. The fractional denomination 1/8 appears at the top, followed by LIVIRE, then the date 1795 flanked by the mark IS in the centre of the date, below which appears 2½ and finally STUIVER at the bottom. The lettering is bold and fills the coin's field. |
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Zeeland struck this piece in early 1795, just as French Revolutionary forces completed their occupation of the Dutch Republic and the old provincial coinage system was collapsing around it. The dual denomination — reckoning simultaneously in livres and stuivers — reflects the chaotic monetary transition of that exact moment, with Batavian Republic administrators not yet having unified the currency and old provincial identities still stamping their names on copper.
Within months of this issue, Zeeland's independent minting authority was effectively finished.