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1 Silver Ducat Type 1, piedfort
| Issuer | Zeeland, Province of |
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| Year | 1659-1660 |
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| Technique | Hammered, Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | MO : NO : ARG : PRO : CON FΠ: BELG : C : ZEL 1660 (Translation: New silver coin of the province of Zeeland of the United Provinces of the Netherlands) |
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Piedforts — struck at double or greater thickness on standard-diameter flans — were not produced for circulation. In the Dutch Republic, they functioned as presentation pieces, proof-of-die records, or gifts to visiting dignitaries, and were typically produced in very small numbers immediately following a new die's preparation. Zeeland's mint at Middelburg had the authority to strike such pieces, and the province exercised that right selectively.
The 1659–1660 date range suggests production across a mint year boundary, a known occurrence when dies were carried over without replacement.