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1 Gold Rider
| Issuer | States of West Friesland and West Frisia |
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| Year | 1621-1627 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Reverse description | A crowned shield of the Dutch Republic occupies the central field, displaying the rampant lion of the Netherlands holding a sword and bundle of arrows, set within an ornate baroque cartouche. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown with elaborate cross-hatching detail. The date 1623 appears prominently in the upper field flanking the crown. The Latin motto legend CONCORDIA. RES. PARVÆ. CRESCUNT surrounds the entire design, translating as 'By concord, small things grow,' the celebrated device of the Dutch Republic. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONCORDIA. RES. PARVÆ. CRESCUNT. 1623 |
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West Friesland began striking Gold Riders in the early seventeenth century under authority granted by the States General, competing directly with the well-established Holland and Zeeland issues of the same type. The denomination was engineered for international trade rather than domestic circulation, and most pieces moved through Amsterdam's merchant networks toward the Baltic and Levant before ever changing hands locally.
The Delmonte reference places this squarely among the scarcer provincial gold series — West Friesland's output was modest compared to Holland's, and surviving examples attributable specifically to this issuer rather than misdescribed Holland pieces remain relatively few.