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1 Ducat Late type, piedfort of 4 ducat weight
| Issuer | Province of Utrecht (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1776 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Standing armored knight in full relief faces right, flanked by the divided date, grasping an upright sword in the right hand and a bundle of seven arrows in the left hand; a decorative scarf billows behind the figure. The knight's posture and martial attributes symbolize the unity and defense of the Dutch provinces. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire design, terminating with the Utrecht mintmark. The overall style reflects the late Dutch Republic milled coinage tradition, with crisp detail characteristic of piedfort strikings. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Utrecht's standing soldier ducats of the mid-to-late eighteenth century were struck with unusual consistency, but piedfort multiples were produced outside the normal coining run — almost certainly as presentation pieces for civic officials, foreign dignitaries, or the stadtholder's court. A four-ducat-weight piedfort in gold is not a denomination; it is a demonstration, proof that the dies and the metal were both worthy of scrutiny.
The Delmonte gap is telling. Pieces of this type that escaped the standard reference literature tend to be survivors of small, undocumented presentation strikings rather than anything resembling circulation.