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6 Stivers 'Scheepjesschelling' Gold
| Issuer | States of Holland and West Friesland |
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| Year | 1670 |
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| Value | 6 Stuivers (3⁄10) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The scheepjesschelling — "little ship shilling" — takes its name from the small vessel that had appeared on Holland's coinage since the medieval period, a design retained here in gold as a pattern or proof-of-concept strike rather than a circulating issue. The KM#Pn2 designation confirms this: a piedfort or pattern, almost certainly produced for presentation or to demonstrate the dies rather than to supply trade.
Holland's monetary authority in this period was perpetually negotiating with the States-General over coinage rights, and prestige strikes in gold served a political function — circulated among regents and officials as demonstrations of provincial minting capability.