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1 Daalder 'Rijdersdaalder'
| Issuer | States of Friesland |
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| Year | 1582-1585 |
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| Weight | 27.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | NISI + DNS + NOBISCVM + 1582 + (Translation: When the Lord is not with us ...) |
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The Rijdersdaalder — literally "rider's daler" — was introduced by the States General in 1581 as the Dutch Republic was actively fighting for independence from Spanish Habsburg rule. Friesland, one of the seven rebel provinces, began striking its own issues almost immediately. The type was intended to compete directly with the Joachimsthaler and its derivatives circulating across northern Europe, giving the nascent republic a credible trade coin at a moment when political survival depended partly on commercial confidence.
Friesland's mint at Leeuwarden was notoriously inconsistent in this period, and early Rijdersdaalder dies frequently show misalignment and uneven planchet preparation.