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1 Gulden Gold, Weight of 4 ducats
| Issuer | Province of Holland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1681-1692 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn21 , Delmonte G#799 , HPM#58.6 |
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| Obverse lettering | MO : NO : ARGENT : COMIT : HOLL : 1692 1 G (Translation: New silver coinage of the County of Holland) |
| Reverse description | A draped allegorical female figure, personifying the Maid of Holland (Nederland), stands facing three-quarters left in the central field. She is helmeted and robed in classical drapery, leaning with her right elbow upon a decorative column-top pedestal on which rests an open Bible. In her raised left hand she holds upright a long spear or pike surmounted by a liberty cap (Phrygian cap). The surrounding circular legend HAC NITIMVR HANC TVEMVR, meaning 'On her we lean, her we protect,' is divided to either side of the figure. The reverse field is broad and open, with the figure rendered in high relief consistent with the hammered technique. |
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Holland's four-ducat gulden was a pattern-weight piece issued during the peak years of Dutch commercial dominance, when the Republic's financial infrastructure was the envy of Europe. The Amsterdam Wisselbank, founded in 1609, had created a system where merchants demanded coins of precise, guaranteed weight — and the provincial mint at Dordrecht responded with issues calibrated to match multiples of the ducat standard. This piece occupies an odd taxonomic space: recorded as a pattern by Delmonte yet struck in sufficient numbers to circulate among wholesale merchants.
The KM designation as Pn21 reflects ongoing scholarly uncertainty about its intended function.