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Focus of an old coin: Golden rider. There was also a silver version. Golden riders worth fl. 6, - were minted by Gelderland, Friesland and Overijssel from 1581-1599. The golden rider according to the coin order of 1606 was minted by all provinces except Groningen from 1606-1640. After 1749 minted again at a fixed rate of 14 guilders. Due to the rise in the gold price, production was no longer profitable after 1764. Since the intrinsic value thus came to be above the sign value from that moment on, the presence of golden drivers in inventories presents us with the necessary interpretation problems. H. Enno van Gelder states that from the end of the eighteenth century the golden rider was mainly used as a piece of jewelry. However, the inventories from the estate bank show that the golden rider served as a means of payment until well into the nineteenth century. Weight: 10.00 g, content 0.941. Share price: 10-2-0 in 1606; 14-0-0 in 1749. The silver rider - also called dukaton - was beaten by all the provinces from 1659-1798. Weight: 32.78 g, content: 0.941. Course: 63 pcs. Source: Meertens institute Also see: H. Enno van Gelder, The Dutch coins, Utrecht / Antwerp 1966.
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