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Silver Ducat Gold, struck to 6.5 ducat weight
| Issuer | Zeeland, Province of |
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| Year | 1792 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse lettering | MON • NO • ARG • PRO • CONFOE: BELG • COM • ZEL • ♜ (Translation: New silver coin of the county of Zeeland of the United Provinces of the Netherlands) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Zeeland's decision to strike this oversized gold piece — nominally a "silver ducat" format but executed in gold at six-and-a-half ducat weight — belongs to the chaotic monetary last years of the Dutch Republic, when provincial minting authorities were increasingly acting on their own initiative as central institutions crumbled. By 1792, French Revolutionary armies were less than two years from ending the Republic entirely. Zeeland's mint at Middelburg continued producing issues of diminishing political relevance almost to the moment of collapse.
The Delmonte reference confirms this as a recognized but scarce struck variety rather than a conversion piece.