1 Duit Netherlands Silver

Province: Holland

Reference: KM-80a.

Denomination: Silver Duit
Mint Year: 1750 ($250 in MS-60!)

State: Netherlands (United Provinces)
Diameter: 22mm

Weight: 3.23gm

Material: Silver

Obverse: Standing lion, holding spear within closed “Dutch” garden.

Reverse: Rosette above province name in three lines and date.

Legend: .*. HOL LAN DIA . 1750

The duit was a copper Dutch coin worth 2 penning, with 8 duit pieces equal to one stuiver and 160 duit pieces equal to one gulden. In Dutch Indonesia 4 duit pieces were equal to one stuiver. To prevent smuggling, the Dutch East India company ordered special coins with the VOC monogram on it. Only those pieces were valid in Indonesia. It was once used in the Americas while under Dutch rule.

Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed.

Holland is a region in the western part of the Netherlands. The term Holland is also frequently used as a pars pro toto to refer to the whole of the Netherlands. This usage is generally accepted but disliked by many Dutch people in the other parts of the Netherlands.

From the 10th century to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region, a county ruled by the Count of Holland. By the 17th century, Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the Dutch Republic.