Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Rijksdaalder `Nederlandse Rijksdaalder` piedfort at double weight, klippe
| Issuer | Province of Gelderland (Dutch Republic) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1608-1648 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Armored and laureate half-bust facing right, the figure grasping a sword over the right shoulder and bearing a shield charged with the arms of Gelderland in the left hand, all contained within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend, in Latin, identifies the coin as silver coinage of the Confederate Netherlands, province of Gelderland. The strike, characteristic of a piedfort klippe, imparts sharp relief to the martial effigy and heraldic accessories. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Crowned shield bearing the quartered arms of the Seven United Provinces, set within a beaded inner circle with the date divided on either side of the shield. The encircling Latin motto occupies the outer field of this square klippe flan, struck at piedfort weight, with the entire composition exhibiting the bold, high-relief definition typical of hammered presentation pieces of the Dutch Republic period. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Piedfort klippes of this type were never intended for commerce. The Province of Gelderland produced these double-weight square strikes as presentation pieces — gifts to diplomats, officials, and powerful allies during the fractious decades of the Eighty Years' War, when the Dutch provinces needed every political relationship they could cultivate. The broad date range reflects attribution uncertainty rather than continuous production; individual strikes were occasion-specific.
The klippe format required hand-cutting blanks from rolled sheet silver, making each piece dimensionally unique. Delmonte's S#938c designation places this among the rarest provincial presentation strikes documented for Gelderland.