1 Duit

Deventer was one of several Overijssel cities that retained the right to strike small copper coinage well into the early Dutch Republic period, a privilege jealously guarded against centralizing pressure from the States General. The duit denomination existed largely to handle the lowest tier of daily commerce — market transactions, small tolls, petty retail — that silver fractionals couldn't efficiently serve. By 1602 the city's mint output was already being scrutinized by the Generaliteit, and municipal copper issues would face increasing restriction over the following decades. Ver#157.3 distinguishes this from closely related die varieties sharing the same nominal type.