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| Issuer | States of Holland and West Friesland |
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| Year | 1604-1605 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The duit was the lowest denomination in the Dutch monetary system, and Holland's decision to strike copper coinage in the early seventeenth century reflected the commercial intensity of the province — small transactions in the booming Amsterdam market demanded enormous quantities of petty coin. Holland and West Friesland, though technically a single administrative unit, operated their mints with enough independence that die workmanship varied considerably between facilities, and examples from this short two-year window show meaningful variation in fabric and strike quality tied to specific mint output.