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1749, Netherlands, West Friesland. Large Silver Rider (Ducaton) Coin. 32.51gm!

Mint Year: 1749 Province: West Friesland Reference: Davenport 1834,  KM-127.1. Rare! Denomination: Silver Rider Ducaton of 60 Stuivers Condition: Mint-made planchet defect at 12 o'clock (no traces of mounting or other damage!), small edge-knock at 1 o'clock, faint weight-adjusting marks in obverse, otherwise a nice XF! Weight: 32.51gm  Diameter: 42mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Armored knight on horse, holding sword and galloping right above crowned shield with arms of West-Friesland. Legend: MO : NO : ARG : PRO : CONFOE (crowned shield of West Friesland) BELG : PRO : WESTF :  (privy mark: hering ship)   Reverse: Crowned shield with dutch arms, supported by crowned lions, date (1749) within foliage below. Legend: CONCORDIA RES  PARVAE  CRESCUNT *

In 1659 the Dutch states started production of the 'silver rider'   ducaton, featuring a mounted knight on horseback. This design weighing   32.779 grams of 0.941 silver also featured the crowned arms of the United Netherlands on the reverse, with a shield below the knight indicating the province   of minting. Rider ducatons were minted until 1798. In the period   1726-1751 ducatons were minted bearing the monogram of the Dutch East India Company. As a trade coin the familiar design of the Dutch rider helped it to compete against well-known world coins such as the Spanish dollar. It was valued at 60 stuivers.

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The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (or "of the Seven United Provinces") (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden/Provinciën; also Dutch Republic or United Provinces in short, Foederatae Belgii Provinciae or Belgica Foederata in Latin) was a European republic between 1581 and 1795, in about the   same location as the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is the   successor state.

Before 1581, the area of the Low Countries consisted   of a number of duchies, counties, and independent bishoprics, some but   not all of them part of the Holy Roman Empire. Today that area is   divided between the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of France   and Germany. The Low Countries in the 16th century roughly corresponded   to the Seventeen Provinces covered by the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 of   Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Through marriage, war or sale, these states were   acquired by the Habsburg emperor Charles V and his son, king Philip II   of Spain. In 1568, the Netherlands, led by William I of Orange, revolted   against Philip II because of high taxes, persecution of Protestants by   the government, and Philip's efforts to modernize and centralize the   devolved medieval government structures of the provinces. This was the   start of the Eighty Years' War.

In 1579, a number of the northern provinces of the   Netherlands signed the Union of Utrecht, in which they promised to   support each other in their defence against the Spanish army. This was   followed in 1581 by the Act of Abjuration, the declaration of   independence in which the provinces officially deposed Philip II. 

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