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1 Gulden - Batavian Republic Utrecht
| Issuer | Batavian Republic - Utrecht Mint |
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| Year | 1795-1799 |
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| Weight | 10.47 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | HAC NITIMVR HANC TVEMVR 1795 (Translation: On her we lean, her we defend) |
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The Batavian Republic was proclaimed in January 1795 following the French-backed overthrow of the Stadholder Willem V, who fled to England as French troops crossed the frozen rivers into the Netherlands. The new republic inherited a patchwork of provincial mints, Utrecht among them, each with deeply entrenched local minting traditions. Rather than immediately centralizing production — as revolutionary logic might suggest — the Batavians initially permitted existing mint operations to continue under the new political order.
Utrecht's output during this window is notably inconsistent in die alignment and edge quality, a reflection of the administrative disruption of the transition years rather than any systemic retooling.