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1 Ducat - Willem I Type 1
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1814-1816 |
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| Weight | 3.49 g |
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| Reverse description | Five lines of abbreviated Latin text are inscribed within a recessed rectangular frame, reading MO. ORD. PROVIN. FOEDER. BELGAD. LEG. IMP., signifying the coin as the gold money of the Ordines of the Federated Belgian Provinces struck to Imperial law. The rectangular tablet is surrounded by an elaborate baroque cartouche of scrolling acanthus foliage and rosette ornaments, lending the design a distinctly decorative character. The field outside the cartouche is plain. |
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| Mintage | 1814 B - - 2,930,270 1815 B - - 672,910 1815 B - With clover leaf - 613,620 1816 B - - 220,570 |
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Willem I was restored to the Netherlands in late 1813 after nearly two decades of French dominance, and the ducat was one of the first gold denominations struck under the new Kingdom — a deliberate nod to the Republic-era trade ducats that Dutch merchants had trusted for over two centuries. The decision to revive the type was as much commercial as political: Dutch trading partners across the Baltic and Levant still measured gold in ducats and wouldn't accept unfamiliar coinage at face value.
The Type 1 designation separates this early emission from later reworked dies. Production ran only through 1816 before design revisions prompted a new classification, keeping the window for this specific type narrow.