Holland Leeuwendaalder 1576

Holland Leeuwendaalder 1576

The lion-headed dwarf of the province of Holland From the sixteenth century, one of the predecessors of the rijksdaalder (first in the form of a dukaat, only in the 19th century in the form of a province) is the Eerste Daalder.^e century issued as two and a half guilders). The lion dollar was mainly issued in the seventeenth century, and the coin represented a great value at that time. On the front of the coin, a knight is shown holding a cloth that holds the provincial coat of arms, and on the reverse side, a towering lion is shown representing the Dutch Republic. The coin is made of silver, and weighs around 28 grams. On the front of the coin, the text ‘Moneta nova argentea ordinum Frisiae valorum Hollandiae‘ can be read, which refers to the issue of silver coins by the province of Holland. On the reverse side, next to the year, the text ‘Confidens domino non movetur’ can be read, which refers to the determination and confidence of the government of the time. After the lion dollar, the following coins were still in circulation during the republic:

• The German
• The ear
• The coin piece
• The 2-cent piece or double-cent piece
• The shilling or 6 shillings.
• The quarter gold or coin master penning
• The 10-cent piece
• The gold
• The silver 3 guilder
• The silver ducat
• The 7 guilders of gold
• The 14 guilders of gold

The coins of the republic disappeared after the French invasion in 1795 and the creation of the kingdom of the Netherlands In 1815 it was eventually slowly phased out of circulation and is today highly sought after by collectors.

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