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1 Silver Ducat Date obverse, klippe, piedfort at 1.75 weight
| Issuer | Mint of West Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1662 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#54 var. , HPM#Wf 35.2 var. , Delmonte S#970a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the rampant lion of the Netherlands, armed and holding a sword, surmounted by an elaborate imperial crown with arched bands and orb finial, all within a beaded inner circle. The heraldic lion is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the mane and tail. The circumferential Latin legend is separated from the inner beaded border by a plain field, with a small decorative stop at the conclusion of the inscription. |
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The West Friesland mint was one of the more assertive provincial mints of the Dutch Republic, frequently producing klippe and piedfort strikings as presentation pieces and diplomatic gifts rather than for any circulation purpose. At 1.75 times the standard ducat weight, this piece sits in a well-documented tradition of multiplied piedforts struck to order — the HPM and Delmonte references both acknowledge the variety without fully resolving the question of whether these were mint-authorized commissions or speculative strikings by mint masters working within loose provincial oversight.
The "var." designations across all three references suggest die or weight deviations not captured by any single catalog. Worth investigating against the Delmonte S#970 baseline.