Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 39 12 May 2021
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2 COINS. NETHERLANDS. Utrecht. AR "silver rider" (ducatoon, 60 stuivers). 32.05 gm. 42 mm. Rosette mm. 1711. An armored knight on horseback right, crowned Utrecht shield below; MO NO ARG PRO CON-FOE BELG TRAIE / Crowned shield with a crowned lion rampant holding arrows and a sword, date below. KM 83.1. Del 1031 (R. 2). Very Fine; typical roughness.
•Another: 1680. 31.41 gm. Similar design. KM 63. Del. 1031. Fine; full weight, a crudely cut flan.
Dutch coins of this era also circulated in colonial America. The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam used this coinage and the coinage gained wider distribution through trade.