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mrpotatoheadd
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Just got this- I think it's pretty cool:
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Now, what is it?
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Now, what is it? >>
Sorry about that- it's a Netherlands/Utrecht 1 stuiver. It's gold but there are silver ones, just not of this date.
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is it 24K ?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Its called a Bezem (=broom) stuiver, its 986/1000 gold , weight 1,75 Gram - 17mm diameter
the 7 arrows are for the 7 united provinces of the Netherlands, vaguely looking like a broom
TRAIECTUM = dutch province Utrecht in Latin , above is a little shield for the town / mintplace of Utrecht
the town of Utrecht is the oldest mintplace , starting minting in the 7 th Century, and today the only surviving mintplace in the Netherlands.
these coins were normally struck in silver for circulation, the gold ones were intended as a new years gift and not for circulation.
ofcause some were used to buy stuff, the value was 1/2 gold ducat = 3,5 Guilders silver.
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Thanks for the info- I knew practically nothing about the history of these.
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Its called a Bezem (=broom) stuiver, its 986/1000 gold , weight 1,75 Gram - 17mm diameter
the 7 arrows are for the 7 united provinces of the Netherlands, vaguely looking like a broom
TRAIECTUM = dutch province Utrecht in Latin , above is a little shield for the town / mintplace of Utrecht
the town of Utrecht is the oldest mintplace , starting minting in the 7 th Century, and today the only surviving mintplace in the Netherlands.
these coins were normally struck in silver for circulation, the gold ones were intended as a new years gift and not for circulation.
ofcause some were used to buy stuff, the value was 1/2 gold ducat = 3,5 Guilders silver. >>
Anders, what issues of silver guilders might an immigrant had in his leather pouch when sailing from Rotterdam to America in 1750? King? Ruler? Province, etc.?
after the defeat of his brother Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo, the Netherlands became a Kingdom in 1815 under William the first.
To answer your question ,
somebody who went to America in 1750 probably took spanish pillar dollars, or dutch export coins like gold ducats or Silver ducatons,
nicknamed silver riders, picture:
all minted in Utrecht - size 43mm - weight 33 Gram silver - motto on back: E Pluribus Unum