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Country: Province West Friesland
Dutch Republic (1581-1795).
Type: Standard circulation coin
Mintage: 1,240,000
Years: 1663 (1626-1665)
Value: 1 Duit (1⁄160)
Currency: Gulden (1581-1795)
Composition: Copper
Weight: 2.2 g.
Diameter: 19/20 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Grade: VF30
Shape: Round
References: KM# 29, CNM# 2.46.91
Obverse:
Province name in two lines in Latin, date below, within tulip wreath. Beaded border.
Lettering:
WEST
FRISIÆ
1663
Translation: West Friesland 1663.
Reverse:
Crowned arms of West-Friesland. Latin motto around a beaded border.
Lettering: DEVS. FORTI. ET. SP. NOS
Unabridged legend: Deus fortitudo et spes nostra.
Translation: God is our strength and hope.
Edge:
Plain.
Mints:
Enkhuizen, Netherlands (1604-1802)
Hoorn, Netherlands (1584-1806)
Medemblik, Netherlands (1256-1781)
Comments:
The duiten from 1645 are very rare and possibly minted for use in Ceylon.
In 1660 and 1663, a smaller variety measuring approximatively 17mm has also been issued with the permission of the Staten Generaal of the United 7 Dutch Republics (Vereenigde Nederlandse Republieken). Due to its smaller size, it was later sometimes wrongly seen as a 1/2 duit.
Reference : KM# 29
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