(sold for $166.0)

1775, Netherlands, Utrecht. Large Silver Knight Ducat (48 Stuivers) Coin. aXF!

Mint Date: 1775
Mint Place: Utrecht (privy mark: shield)
Reference: Davenport 1845, Delmonte 93.1.
Denomination: Silver Knight Ducat (48 Stuivers)
Condition: Lightly cleaned, otherwise about XF!
Diameter: 43mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 27.9gm

Obverse: Armored knight standing right, holding shield with cot-of-arms on a band and shouldering sword.
Legend: MO : NO : ARG : PRO : CONFOE : BELG : TRAI .

Reverse: Crowned shield of the Netherlands (crowned lion holding sword and thunderbolts), splitting date (17-75).
Legend: CONCORDIA . RES . PARVAE . CRESCUNT . (privy mark: shield)
Translated: "Through unity little things grow (Union is strength)!"

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.

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.

Only 1$ shipping for each additional item purchased!