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1 Duit
| Issuer | Province of West Friesland |
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| Year | 1604-1605 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the provincial name inscription arranged in three horizontal lines within a wreath of stylized oak branches and acorns, with a floral rosette at the top and bottom of the wreath. The legends read WEST / FRISIA / and the date, all within the decorative foliate border. The hammered flan exhibits characteristic irregular edges and an uneven surface typical of early seventeenth-century Dutch provincial coinage. The overall design is bold and rustic, consistent with the provincial minting standards of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1604 - - 779,490 1605 - Included above - |
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West Friesland was one of several Dutch provinces that exercised independent minting rights during the early Republic, producing provincial copper coinage that circulated alongside — and often in competition with — issues from Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht. The duit was the workhorse of daily commerce, worth one-eighth of a stuiver, and provincial varieties were frequently intermixed in circulation to the point where contemporaries complained bitterly about distinguishing one issuer's copper from another's.
The 1604–1605 window places this piece in the opening years of the Twelve Years' Truce negotiations, when the Dutch economy was expanding rapidly despite ongoing conflict with Spain.