W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

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The Coins of Europe
The series of gold rijders of larger module, struck for various provinces.
The X.-stuiver piece of Zeeland, 1613.
The gold ducat of West Friesland, 1618, with the arms of the province,
accompanied by those of Ostergo, Westergo, etc.
The 48-stuiver piece for Batavia, 1645. Arg. (cast).
The and \ stuiver piece for Batavia, 1644.
The silver daalders or ducatons ? ( patterns) of 1671 and 1684.
The daalder of 1687 with the three-quarter bust of William the
Silent, struck in gold, to pass for 50 gulden.
The lo-escalin or schelling piece of 1693, struck for Zeeland.
The daalder or ducaton (? pattern) of 1742.
The \ ducatons of 1763 and 1787.
It was a very usual practice, on the part of the Hollanders,
to strike money in a superior metal either as a piece de plaisir
or for actual use. Pieces of I and 2 stuiver often occur in
gold, and still more frequently in silver. We may take the
opportunity to notice a piece belonging to Overijssel, of
widespread module, and apparently equal to four gulden,
without date, but with the arms of the provinces on reverse
enclosing those of Overijssel
horseman galloping to right over a walled fortress on the
sea, and bears the inscription Nemo Bonvs Nisi Cvm
Anima Simvl Amisit Libertatcm It was in Overijssel
that the gold ducat of Transylvania was imitated.
The LEICESTER coinage, struck and issued pursuant to
an order of the earl, dated from the Hague, August 4,
itself. The obverse exhibits a
1586, continued from that year down to 1659, and is
found of a variety of types, all
bearing the portrait of the
English Governor of the provinces of Zeeland, Gueldres,
West Friesland, and Overijssel. The denominations were the
daalder and its divisions down to the 5oth, the smaller pieces
being plated no gold or copper seems to be known. The
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daalder of 1587 (Friesland) and the daalder and \ daalder
of 1595 are rare, especially the whole of 1587 struck on a
square flan. The survival of the currency, long after the
death of Leicester and the desertion of the cause by Eliza-
the reluctance of the Low
beth, may be explained by
Countries to dissociate themselves from a great Protestant
prince and country.
Pieces with the same effigy occur even