Silver Ducat - Batavian Republic West Friesland

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.