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Ducat
| Issuer | Overijssel, Province of |
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| Year | 1673-1678 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | CONCOR RES PAR CRES TRAN (Translation: Unity makes strength. Overijssel) |
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Overijssel's gold ducats of this period were struck under extraordinary duress. In 1672 — the Rampjaar or "Disaster Year" — French forces under Louis XIV occupied the province entirely, and minting operations were suspended. The resumption of coinage from 1673 onward was itself a political act, reasserting provincial authority as Dutch and allied forces slowly reclaimed territory. That these pieces exist at all reflects how quickly the provincial mint moved to re-establish financial credibility once occupation ended.