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1 Gulden - Batavian Republic West Friesland
| Issuer | States of West Friesland |
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| Year | 1795-1796 |
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| Weight | 10.47 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Batavian Republic, proclaimed in January 1795 following the French-backed revolution that ousted the Stadtholder Willem V, inherited a monetary system fragmented by centuries of provincial autonomy. West Friesland's mint at Hoorn had long operated independently of Holland's, and continued striking provincial coinage into 1796 before federal unification efforts began consolidating output. This brief window — barely two years — accounts for the type's limited production run.
Delmonte's classification separates West Friesland's gulden from the superficially similar Holland issues by subtle die differences that plague attribution on worn examples.