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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7780231, member: 102103&quot;]#25:&nbsp; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3442.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3442.html" rel="nofollow">1 Duit, VOC, West Friesland 1729-1794</a></p><p>I think the two lions on the obverse in the shield make this a West Friesland issue for the Netherlands East India Company.&nbsp; The date at the bottom of the reverse is no longer readable (except for maybe 17xx).&nbsp; This specimen is suspiciously underweight.&nbsp; Diameter is right for a duit at 21 mm, but weight of 2.3 grams is much less than Numista&#039;s 3.2 grams.&nbsp; Even with wear I can&#039;t account for that much difference.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how consistent the weights were on these over the course of the series.&nbsp; I also wonder if contemporary counterfeits were widespread.&nbsp; Most copper coins were minted at a considerable profit over metal cost, so I suspect so.[ATTACH=full]1334743[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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