1 Silver Ducat Date obverse, klippe, piedfort at 1.75 weight

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.