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6 Stivers gold
| Issuer | Utrecht, Province of |
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| Year | 1725-1739 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large, fully rigged three-masted sailing ship is depicted underway, sailing to the right across stylized waves, with sails billowing and pennants flying from the mastheads. A smaller vessel is visible to the left in the middle distance, adding depth to the maritime scene. The circular legend VIGILATE DEO CONFIDENTES ('Be watchful, trusting in God') surrounds the design, a motto emblematic of the Dutch maritime and mercantile spirit. The engraving is detailed, conveying the power and grandeur of Dutch seafaring during the Golden Age. The grained border frames the design neatly, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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Utrecht's gold 6 Stivers belongs to a period when the Dutch provincial minting system was badly fragmented — each of the seven provinces retained its own mint rights, producing overlapping and often mutually competing coinages that the States-General repeatedly tried and failed to rationalize. The Munttractaat of 1694 had attempted to impose uniformity, but Utrecht and several other provinces continued striking their own gold issues well into the eighteenth century in open defiance of the spirit of that agreement.
Delmonte's reference remains the authoritative catalog for Dutch gold of this type; die marriages documented under G#986 show meaningful variation across the production run.