Silver Ducat Early type

Reverse

Crowned shield with arms of the United Provinces, within inner circle. Mintmark begins legend

Script: Latin

Lettering: · CONCORDIA · RES · PARVAE · CRESCUNT ·

Translation: Unity makes strength

Comment

OVERIJSSEL
Overijssel was formerly known as Oversticht and also included most of the modern-day province of Drenthe. In 1336, it was made part of Guelders, though it was ceded to the Bishopric of Utrecht in 1347. The Bishops ceded the Oversticht to the Emperor Charles V in 1528, who styled himself Lord of Overijssel, after the Latin name of Oversticht that was known since 1233: Transysla or Transisalania, or Over-IJssel, i.e. the other side of the river IJssel. The people joined with the other Dutch and rebelled against Charles' heir Philip II. Overijssel became governed by the most powerful mayors and lords in the province.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overijssel#Oversticht

First Stadtholderless Period
The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650–72; Dutch: Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which the office of a Stadtholder was absent in five of the seven Dutch provinces (including Overijssel). It happened to coincide with the period when it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Stadtholderless_Period

1660
...bribery played a big part in foreign relations also. A good example is the Dutch Gift the States General gave to Charles II of England in 1660 to get back in his good graces after the coolness of the mutual relations that reigned during Charles's years of exile in France. The bribe consisted of a number of precious paintings worth the not inconsiderable sum of 80,000 guilders, and the yacht HMY Mary, like the yacht on which he was comfortably transported home to England during the Restoration. The gift was mostly paid for by the Amsterdam vroedschap, who came to regret their unaccustomed generosity when Charles unfolded his anti-Dutch policy. Fortunately, most of the paintings were repatriated to the Netherlands by William III of England after he had become king, so the financial outlay had not been a complete waste.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1659 sun	156397	-	-	-	-	-	-

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