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Copper duit from Utrecht, dated 1685, minted under moneyer Johan Gerobulus, with a 20 mm diameter and a clear double strike, and not certified.
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City of Utrecht – Duit 1685 – Double strike
NORTHERN NETHERLANDS – REPUBLIC (1581–1795) – CITY OF UTRECHT
Year: 1685
Metal: copper
Diameter: Ø 20 mm
Mint Master: Johan Gerobulus
A copper ducat from 1685, minted for the city of Utrecht under mintmaster Johan Gerobulus. A neat specimen for this type, with furthermore a striking and characterful detail from the seventeenth-century minting operation.
On the coin’s obverse there is a clear double strike. The city coat of arms of Utrecht is visible twice, slightly offset relative to each other. Such a double strike occurred when the coin shifted between two hammered blows or did not lie correctly in place. The result is a coin in which the actual, largely manual production process has literally remained visible.
The ducat belonged to the everyday small change of the Republic and represented 1/8 stuiver, i.e. 160 duiten per gulden. Because of their low value, duiten were used intensively, so specimens from this period typically show a clearly lived-in life in circulation.
The double strike gives this piece a wholly individual character. Whereas the mint strike normally had to be as accurate as possible, here with the coin press—or rather, with hammer and die—things went a bit differently than planned.
Whether the coin worker that day perhaps had a bit too much to drink we will never know. But that even in 1685 not every working day went smoothly, he has, at least, captured in copper for more than three centuries.
City of Utrecht – Duit 1685 – Double strike
NORTHERN NETHERLANDS – REPUBLIC (1581–1795) – CITY OF UTRECHT
Year: 1685
Metal: copper
Diameter: Ø 20 mm
Mint Master: Johan Gerobulus
A copper ducat from 1685, minted for the city of Utrecht under mintmaster Johan Gerobulus. A neat specimen for this type, with furthermore a striking and characterful detail from the seventeenth-century minting operation.
On the coin’s obverse there is a clear double strike. The city coat of arms of Utrecht is visible twice, slightly offset relative to each other. Such a double strike occurred when the coin shifted between two hammered blows or did not lie correctly in place. The result is a coin in which the actual, largely manual production process has literally remained visible.
The ducat belonged to the everyday small change of the Republic and represented 1/8 stuiver, i.e. 160 duiten per gulden. Because of their low value, duiten were used intensively, so specimens from this period typically show a clearly lived-in life in circulation.
The double strike gives this piece a wholly individual character. Whereas the mint strike normally had to be as accurate as possible, here with the coin press—or rather, with hammer and die—things went a bit differently than planned.
Whether the coin worker that day perhaps had a bit too much to drink we will never know. But that even in 1685 not every working day went smoothly, he has, at least, captured in copper for more than three centuries.
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Era
1400-1900
Region
Netherlands, Utrecht
Over 200 years old
Yes
Country/province
Netherlands
Year/period and variation
1685
Denomination
Duit
Condition
Ungraded
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