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1 Gulden Gold pattern, 5 ducat weight
| Issuer | States of West-Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1682 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | MO : NO : ARGENT : ORDIN . WESTF . 1682 I G (Translation: New Silver Money of the State of West-Friesland) |
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| Reverse lettering | HAC NITIMVR HANC TVEMVR (Translation: On her we lean, her we protect) |
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West-Friesland was among the more assertive of the Dutch provincial mints, periodically issuing pattern and proof-quality pieces that tested both the tolerance of the States-General and the ambitions of local mint officials. This 1682 piece — struck at five-ducat weight but denominated as a single gulden — was almost certainly a presentation or demonstration piece rather than a serious denomination proposal, produced at a moment when Dutch monetary policy was still contending with the chaotic multiplicity of provincial coinages that the Munt-Edict of 1659 had failed to fully rationalize.
The Delmonte variety designation signals a known die difference from the primary type.