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1 Scheepjesschelling
| Issuer | Utrecht, Province of |
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| Year | 1742-1794 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the crowned quartered arms of Utrecht, displaying the characteristic cross and lion motifs, with the denomination '6 S' prominently divided on either side of the shield. The date appears at the top of the coin, flanking the crown. A partial Latin legend surrounds the periphery, reading clockwise from the lower left. The heraldic crown surmounting the shield is rendered in fine detail, consistent with the milled coinage tradition of the Dutch provincial mints. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Utrecht struck the scheepjesschelling — "little ship shilling" — as part of the fractional silver coinage that circulated heavily throughout the Dutch Republic's trade networks. By the mid-eighteenth century, provincial mints were operating with considerable autonomy, and Utrecht maintained its own output even as the Republic's finances deteriorated under the strain of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the ruinous costs of defending against French pressure. The fifty-plus year span of this type means die varieties are numerous, with Verkade cataloguing multiple obverse and reverse combinations across the series.
Utrecht's mint rights survived the province long enough that striking continued almost to the Batavian Revolution of 1795, which effectively ended the old provincial coinage system entirely.