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Silver Ducat - Batavian Republic West Friesland
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1795-1796 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A fully armored knight stands in three-quarter view facing right, holding an upright sword over his right shoulder and a ribbon or bundle of arrows in his left hand. Before him, a crowned shield bearing the arms of West Friesland is prominently displayed in the field. The figure is rendered in the classical Dutch provincial style, with fine engraving detail on the armor and heraldic elements. The encircling Latin legend runs along the periphery, separated by colons. The coin's milled border frames the composition cleanly. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT 17 96 (Translation: With harmony small things grow) |
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The Batavian Republic was proclaimed in January 1795 following the French-backed revolution that ousted the Stadtholder Willem V, who fled to England as French troops crossed a frozen Maas. West Friesland's mint at Enkhuizen continued striking ducats through the transition — a deliberate act of monetary continuity designed to reassure merchants and maintain trade credibility with partners who trusted the ducat's long-established silver standard above any new political arrangement.
The .868 fineness had been fixed by Dutch monetary convention for generations, and the Batavian authorities saw no profit in altering it. Enkhuizen's output for these two years was modest, and the Delmonte classification reflects meaningful die variation across the short run.