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1 Ducat Gelderland Imitation
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1595 |
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| Currency | Java - Countermarked Coinage |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central rectangular cartouche, decorated with ornamental scrollwork at the corners and top, containing a six-line inscription reading MO ORDI / PROVIN / FOEDER / BELG AD / LEG IMP, an abbreviation for 'Moneta Ordinum Provinciarum Foederatarum Belgii ad Legem Imperii' (Coin of the States of the Federated Belgian Provinces according to Imperial Law). The cartouche is framed by elaborate strapwork typical of late sixteenth-century Dutch coinage design. |
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Gelderland ducats were among the most trusted trade coins circulating through the Levant and Baltic in the late sixteenth century, which made them obvious targets for imitation. The VOC and its predecessor trading networks relied on coins that Asian and Middle Eastern merchants would accept without dispute, and a recognized Dutch provincial type served that purpose far better than any novel issue could. Gelderland's own ducat production was already inconsistent in this period — the province's mint authority was perpetually contested — which paradoxically made imitations harder to distinguish from originals.