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1 Gulden Utrecht arms, gold pattern at 5 ducat weight
| Issuer | Province of Utrecht (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1681-1682 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Reverse description | A standing female allegorical figure, representing the Liberty or Freedom of the Dutch Republic, is depicted in full length, leaning with her left arm upon a Bible resting atop a column. In her right hand she holds an upright spear surmounted by a Liberty cap (pileus). The figure is rendered in the classical tradition common to Dutch provincial coinage of the period. The encircling Latin legend proclaims the motto of the province of Utrecht. |
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| Reverse lettering | HAC NITIMVR HANC TVEMVR (Translation: On her we lean, her we protect) |
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Utrecht struck this pattern during a period when the Dutch Republic's decentralized monetary system was generating serious friction. Each province retained the right to mint its own coinage, and the resulting proliferation of substandard and irregular pieces prompted repeated attempts by the States-General to impose uniformity — attempts Utrecht and others routinely resisted. This piece, a gold pattern at five-ducat weight, sits outside normal circulation issues and almost certainly served as a presentation or trial striking rather than a proposed circulating denomination.
The Delmonte attribution places it firmly within the Utrecht gold pattern series documented by that reference — a thin corpus of pieces that rarely surface.