The Netherlands Zeeland Duit 1714 to 1797:
Zeeland
(Zeelandia, Zeland, Zelandia, Zealand) is in the southwestern corner of the Netherlands. The lion and waves in a crowned shield is a prominent symbol of
Zeeland. You see this symbol on several coins from the Dutch East India Company
(with a VOC annotation)
Reverse: The lion and waves in a crowned shield
Surrounded
by "LUCTOR ET EMERGO" in Latin
Meaning of LUCTOR ET EMERGO:
I
struggle and emerge. The motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its
battle against the sea.
The denominations at the time were duit and stuiver, with 8 duit in one stuiver. In general, duit coins were made of copper and stuiver coins were made of silver. There is, however, a silver duit minted from 1725 to 1788 which is quite valuable. A gold half duit was minted with dates 1753 and 1755. Below is a copper duits with ZEELAN DIA (not VOC) printed on the reverse side.
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