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Florin Counterstamp A14
| Issuer | Holland, Province of |
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| Year | 1693 |
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| Value | 1 Silver Florin (7⁄5) |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINAND˙ II˙D˙G˙ROM˙IMP˙SEM˙AVG (Translation: Ferdinand II, by the Grace of God, Roman Emperor, the always August) |
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| Reverse lettering | FLOR˙ARG˙CIV˙NOVIOMAG HOL (Translation: Silver florin of the city of Nijmegen) |
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In 1693 the States of Holland authorized a counterstamp program to validate and revalue earlier florin coinage circulating at incorrect rates — the stamped "A14" designation fixing the piece at 14 stuivers for provincial accounting purposes. The practice was a direct response to persistent monetary disorder across the Dutch provinces, where worn and clipped silver circulated alongside freshly struck coin at wildly inconsistent valuations.
Delmonte's classification and Verkade's separate attribution reflect genuine scholarly disagreement over how to organize these counterstamped pieces, which complicates census data to this day.