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1 Ducat - Louis Napoleon Trade Coinage
| Issuer | Kingdom of Holland |
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| Year | 1809-1810 |
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| Weight | 3.43 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1809 - - 2,370,620 1810 - - |
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Louis Napoleon's Dutch ducats occupy an awkward footnote in Napoleonic monetary history. When Napoleon installed his brother as King of Holland in 1806, Louis proved an unexpectedly independent ruler — genuinely attempting to govern in Dutch interests rather than French ones, which infuriated his brother. The trade ducat continued the centuries-old Dutch commercial coinage that merchants across the Baltic and Levant trusted implicitly, and Louis had little political choice but to maintain it. Napoleon forcibly annexed Holland in 1810, ending the kingdom entirely after barely four years.
The two-year production window for this specific type reflects that annexation directly.