Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Silver Ducat Piedfort of double weight
| Issuer | Utrecht, Province of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1739-1776 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Standing armored knight in full plate armor facing right, brandishing an unsheathed sword resting against his right shoulder while his left hand grasps a ribbon or scroll. A crowned shield bearing the arms of Utrecht is displayed at his feet in the lower field. The peripheral legend is inscribed in Latin within a beaded border, and the overall design is executed in the bold, high-relief baroque style characteristic of Dutch provincial coinage of the period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Piedforts were never intended for commerce. Utrecht produced these double-weight strikes as presentation pieces and die trials, distributed to officials, foreign dignitaries, and occasionally retained by the mint itself as archive specimens. The survival rate relative to normal-weight ducats is extremely low, and the Delmonte reference catalogues this specific type with designation S#982a — the "S" prefix indicating a silver piedfort within his classification of Dutch provincial issues, a distinction that narrows the field considerably.
The 1739–1776 window spans the final decades of the Dutch Republic's provincial coinage autonomy before the Batavian reforms swept away the old mint privileges entirely.