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2 Stuivers `Double Wapenstuiver` WEST FRISIA, arms, klippe, piedfort at 3.75 weight
| Issuer | States of West Friesland |
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| Year | 1702 |
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| Weight | 5.999 g |
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| Obverse description | Square klippe flan struck on its point, presenting a diamond orientation. Within a raised toothed or milled inner circle, the Latin inscription WEST FRISIÆ is arranged across three lines in bold capital letters occupying the central field, with the date 1702 below. A small floral rosette flanked by two asterisks appears at the top of the inner circle, serving as an ornamental device. The corners of the square flan project beyond the circular border, characteristic of klippe coinage. The overall design is stark and typographic, with no figurative imagery on this face. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Klippe piedforts occupy a strange administrative niche in Dutch provincial coinage — almost never intended for circulation, they were typically struck as presentation pieces, submitted as official weight and design standards, or retained by mint masters as documentation of a new type. This example, a piedfort of the 1702 West Frisian double wapenstuiver, runs at roughly twice the expected coin weight, consistent with that practice. West Friesland's mint at Enkhuizen was among the more active provincial operations in the Dutch Republic's final decades, though output was erratic and closely tied to the province's ongoing disputes over minting authority with the States-General.