NETHERLANDS-Utrecht Rijksdaalder (48 Stuivers) 1622 Rix Dollar. VF+

Prijsbieding

1622, Netherlands, Utrecht. Silver Rijksdaalder (Rix Dollar) Coin.

Mint Year: 1622
Reference: Davenport 4836, KM-14. 
Denomination: Rijksdaalder (Rix Dollar of 48 Stuivers)
Condition: Weakly struck obverse, minor deposits, otherwise VF/aXF!
Material: Silver (.885)
Weight: 28.44gm
Diameter: 43mm


Obverse: Laureated and armored bust of William I of Orange right, shouldering sword and holding shield with arms of the Netherlands on a rein.
Legend: MO • ARG • PRO – CONFO • BELG • TRAIEC (privy mark: shield)

Reverse: Crowned shield with dutch arms, splitting date (16-21). All wihtin inner circle.
Legend: + • CONCORDIA • RES • PARVAE • CRESCVNT •



The rijksdaalder (Dutch, "national dollar") was a Dutch coin first issued by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands in the late 16th century during the Dutch Revolt. Featuring an armored half bust of the William the Silent, rijksdaalder was minted to the Saxon reichsthaler weight standard - 448 grains of .885 fine silver. Armored half bust rijksdaalders were struck until the end of the 17th century and were set to be equal to from 48 to 50 stuivers (the Dutch equivalent of shillings). They have circulated along with silver florins (28 stuivers), daalders (30 stuivers), leeuwendaalders (36 to 42 stuivers), silver ducats (48 stuivers), and ducatons (60 stuivers). With the disappearance of the original armored half bust rijksdaalder design, silver ducats and later 2½ guilders were started to be called rijksdaalders. Unification of the Dutch monetary system in the beginning 18th century introduced guilder and set rijksdaalders and silver ducats to be worth 2½ guilders.



The Republic of the Seven United Netherland (Dutch Republic / Republic of the United Netherlands) was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands.



William I, Prince of Orange (April 24, 1533 — July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or simply William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born into the House of Nassau as a count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau.

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