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2 Gulden Klippe, piedfort of 2.5 weight
| Issuer | States of West Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1682 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of West Friesland — three golden lions passant on a field — surmounted by an ornate crown, with the denomination '2 G' flanking the lower portion of the shield. The circumferential legend runs around the central device within a beaded border, all struck on a square klippe flan rotated 45 degrees to produce a diamond orientation. The shield and crown are rendered in bold relief characteristic of Dutch provincial hammered coinage of the late seventeenth century. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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West Friesland's klippe piedfort issues of the 1680s were presentation pieces, struck on square planchets at multiples of standard weight for gifting to dignitaries and foreign ambassadors — a practice the Dutch provincial mints maintained well into the later Republic period. At 2.5 times the weight of the circulating 2 Gulden, this piece required a specially prepared planchet and would have been struck in very limited numbers, almost certainly on a screw press with individual care rather than in any production run.
West Friesland operated its mint at Hoorn, one of the six voting cities of the province.