Let's see your 18th century coins

I am still here and watching this thread. Another thread called "[Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)" is currently back to 1760, and I play there often, just posted this first
coin there today.
I read somewhere recently about the meaning of that hat being twirled atop the stave. The hat is supposed to represent liberty or freedom, and I forget the rest of the story. It shows up on coins of other countries, France perhaps?

 

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Yes, the hat was pretty much the regional version of the phrygian cap as a symbol of liberty. It's not widely used anymore, I doubt many people know about it.

 

Also received this week: Dutch Republic, region of West-Friesland (West Frisia),1 stuiver, 1738. It's flanked by its two cousins from Holland and Groningen which I've posted before in this thread.

 

Those are some great looking Dutch coins! I need to buy some for myself.

 

It is what it is.

 

I took better pictures of the stuiver. It's a weakly struck coin with a rather matt appearance, unlike my two others. Note the die clash of the arrows behind the text.

 

I like the old Dutch coins also, here are a couple more from West Frisiae. Do you know more about the nail holes in the 2 stuivers? I think they come mostly from Java and Indonesia area, and I heard some story about them being nailed on the front door to ward off evil.

 

I received a new Dutch stuiver recently, this one's from Utrecht province (Traiectum in Latin).

 

This my offering.

 

I owned this one up until recently:

 

Here's one I haven't shown before. It's not my best 18th-century coin in terms of grade, but when the light hits it just right the golden toning really pops. I borrowed my father's full-frame camera and my broher's macro lens and finally took a set of pictures to do it justice.

Dutch Republic (as always!), province of Gelderland (Guelders), 1 guilder 1762.