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1/2 Ducaton '1/2 Silver Rider' Type 1, date at top reverse
| Issuer | Province of Zeeland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1660-1673 |
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| Weight | 16.39 g |
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| Reverse description | The crowned coat of arms of the Dutch Generality occupies the central field, flanked on each side by a crowned lion rampant serving as supporter. The entire heraldic composition is set within a dotted inner circle, with the Latin motto legend surrounding it in the outer ring. The date appears prominently above the crown at the top of the inner circle, serving as the primary dating element for this Type 1 issue. The reverse design is consistent with the standard Generality arms type used across multiple Dutch provincial denominations of this period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Zeeland's half ducaton was a fractional workhorse of Dutch trade finance, circulating alongside the full ducaton in the ledger-heavy commerce of the VOC and WIC networks. The province struck its own coinage independently under the Union of Utrecht's provisions, which left monetary production decentralized enough that Zeeland's types frequently diverged from Holland's in subtle but catalogable ways — hence the Type 1 distinction tracking the date placement on the reverse.
The 1660s saw Zeeland's mint at Middelburg under sustained pressure to keep pace with demand during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Delmonte's S#1051 suffix notation flags this as a scarcer subsidiary grouping within the series.