One Gulden

1713

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: irreg.: 3 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 3/16 x 1/16 in.) 9.53 g
Genre: Coins
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Obverse: allegorical figure of Holland [?] standing with book and pike [?]; reverse: coat of arms: lion with sword and bundle of arrows [the coat of arms of the Netherlands, consisting of a combination of the lion from the arms of the Royal Family, Orange-Nassau, and the arrows and sword from the Dutch Republic in the 17th century]. Beaded outer border on obverse.