1 Duit Countermarked ND

Reverse

City name in two lines, date, within quatrefoil. City arms counterstamp.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CIV
TRAIECT
1689

Unabridged legend:
Civitas
Traiectum

Translation: City of Utrecht

Comment

Duit type KM# 66 / Verkade 116.4 with counterstamp of city arms.

In beginning of 1702 coins were marked in Utrecht: 

Numerous regulations over a long period of years had not achieved the intended goal: stopping the importation of foreign inferior and imitation tokens. A further placard from December 1701 warned again, with hefty fines, against bringing bad copper money into the city. The Utrecht “duiten”, minted before 1657, had already been reduced in value for this reason. On January 16, 1702, the mayors and council decreed that the next day from 9 a.m., everyone would have the opportunity to have good urban money stamped with a city coat of arms (6 x 5 mm, vertical hatching) at no additional cost. Unmatched coins would then be halved in value. As usual, this measure did not lead to the desired result; the knock was also simulated. Just a month and a half later, all Utrecht money was further reduced to a half duit. From 1710 onwards, new heavy coins were created, a measure that had already been taken in a number of other cities and regions, often after equally unsuccessful attempts to reorganize the copper money.

from: Munten van de stad Utrecht (Centraal Museum Utrecht, 1978, Frank Pietersen)

Interesting fact