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1 Stuiver Dirck Bosch
| Issuer | Mint of West Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1673 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#60 , HPM#Wf85 , Ver#74.2 |
| Obverse description | The obverse bears a multiline legend arranged across the field in four lines reading WEST / FRISIA / I · STUIVER / 1673·, with the date in the lowermost line. Above the legend, three stylised herrings are depicted horizontally, flanked on either side by a small rosette or mullet ornament. The design is entirely typographic in character, with no portraiture, the inscribed text serving as the primary design element. A milled or grained border encircles the entire coin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the heraldic lion of the Dutch Republic rampant to the left, crowned with an open royal crown, its mane and body rendered with fine detail characteristic of hammered coinage. In its raised right forepaw the lion brandishes an upward-pointing sword, while the left forepaw holds a sheaf of seven arrows, symbolising the seven United Provinces. The lion's tail curls prominently to the right across the open field. The entire device is contained within a milled or grained border, with no surrounding legend. |
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1673 placed this issue squarely within the rampjaar — the "disaster year" in which French forces under Louis XIV overran much of the Dutch Republic, occupying Utrecht and Gelderland and pushing the Republic to the edge of collapse. West Friesland, protected by the deliberate flooding of polders, continued minting throughout. Dirck Bosch held the post of mint master at Enkhuizen; his name appears on this issue as the responsible officer under the provincial authority, a standard accountability practice of the Dutch minting system.