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1 Duit Arms with dots, silver, piedfort at 1.5-2 times weight
| Issuer | City of Utrecht (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1657 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the Latin inscription CIV. TRAIECT arranged across three lines within a decorative quatrefoil or lobate cartouche formed by curved raised lines with small lozenge or dot ornaments at each junction. The date 1657 appears in the lower portion of the cartouche. A beaded border encircles the entire design, consistent with the milled production technique and the piedfort format of this issue. |
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| Mint | Utrecht Mint |
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Utrecht struck silver duits as presentation pieces or pattern issues throughout the mid-seventeenth century, a practice common among Dutch civic mints seeking to demonstrate technical capability or fulfill official gift obligations. The piedfort format — achieved here at roughly 1.5 to 2 times normal striking weight — required a specially prepared, thicker planchet and careful die pressure to avoid splitting. These were never intended for commercial circulation.
The HPM and HNK references place this firmly within a small, well-documented group of Utrecht silver duit variants from the 1650s. Survivors are rare in any condition; most known examples passed through institutional collections before reaching private hands.