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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 24618911, member: 116145&quot;]I&#039;ve been bargain hunting for coins relating to Colonial America - this is my new 1734 Netherlands (Gelderland) Ducaton, also known as a Silver Rider, it&#039;s a big silver crown type coin that was popularly used in trade, including in the Colonies!&nbsp; From University of Notre Dame -&nbsp; Although not as prominent as the lion dollar, the ducatoon (or silver rider) and the rix dollar were often encountered in Seventeenth century colonial America. They were regularly used in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam and spread outward as Dutch trade with other colonies increased. On September 27, 1642 the Massachusetts General Court decreed that due to the frequency of trade with the Dutch colony they were establishing a standard rate of exchange for the ducatoon and rix dollar; the ducatoon would pass at a value of 6 shillings and the rix dollar would be put on par with the Spanish eight reales at a value of 5 shillings. Similarly, in 1686 the colony of Maryland standardized the ducatoon at 7s6d and put the rix dollar on par with the French écu and the Spanish eight reales at a value of 6 shillings.&nbsp; The obverse depicted an soldier in full armor wielding a sword on horseback with the provincial heraldic shield below while on the reverse was the crowned arms of the United Netherlands held up by two crowned lions. In the colonies this coin was referred to as a ducatoon and became the predominant coin of the Dutch East Indies during the Eighteenth century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like the fact that this is Sea Salvaged (from a shipwreck) as ANACS has noted on the label - for some reason I find shipwreck coins another area of additional interest.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565091[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1565092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1565093[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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