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7 Gulden '1/2 Gold Rider'
| Issuer | Holland, Province of |
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| Year | 1749-1763 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The crowned quartered shield of the Seven United Provinces, displaying the Dutch lion rampant to the sinister holding a sword and bundle of arrows, centrally positioned in the field and flanked on either side by the denomination '7' to the left and 'GL' to the right. The date appears above the crown. The circumferential legend CONCORDIA • RES • PARVÆ • CRESCUNT encircles the design within a beaded border, referencing the motto of the Dutch Republic. |
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| Mintage | 1749 - - 1750 - Overdate variety 1750/40 exists - 1751 - - 1760 - - 197,000 1761 - - 1762 - - 1763 - - |
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Holland's 7 Gulden piece — the half Gouden Rijder — was struck specifically to compete with the flood of foreign gold circulating in the Dutch Republic during the mid-eighteenth century, particularly French louis d'or pieces that dominated commercial transactions. The provincial mint at Dordrecht produced the bulk of these, though output was never large enough to displace the foreign coins it was meant to supplant.
The .920 fineness was a deliberate commercial calculation, pegged to facilitate exchange with German trade partners. Examples struck toward the end of the series, closer to 1763, show progressively shallower die work as the provincial mint's resources were increasingly diverted following the disruptions of the Seven Years' War.