Netherlands, Ducat 1758 - Holland, Dordrecht

The third year of the Dordrecht mint with Wouter Buck as a mintmaster. Following the archives, already on the day of taking office, May 31, 1756, he ordered gold ducats to be minted and struck a total of 28,700 pcs. in 4 days. In the following year, the mint was moved to a different location for three years. Throughout almost the entire period of provincial coinage, 1586–1795, the mint of the province of Holland was located in the same building, which still stands at Munt 5 in Dordrecht. Only in the years 1757–1759, for the time of renovation works at the official mint, were coins minted in a temporary mint, in a building known as Stokholm, located at Wolwevershaven in Dordrecht. The presented example is a testimony to this very short issue. In both legends, the letters D are punched with the letters I with a belly added (or I stamped with an O).