Reyksdalder

Initially, the coin contained 25.98 g of silver with a total weight of 29.38 g - the same as the German Reichstaller . Subsequently, the weight and sample changed, however, the borrowed name - Reiksdalder - remained.

Varieties of Reyksdalder are:

• Reyksdalder St. John ;
• reyksdalder with an eagle ;
• the reyksdalder of William of Orange , who was minted in all provinces except Groningen in 1583-1603; on one side, William I of Orange with a sword in his right hand, on the other - the coat of arms of the province and a helmet over it ^[2] ;
• a similar reyksdalder to Moritz of Orange , but with a portrait of Prince Moritz;
• Reiksdalder of Leicester , produced in 1586-1604 all provinces except Friesland and Groningen; on one side of the coin was a chest image of a knight with a sword at his shoulder and a bunch of arrows in his other hand, on the other - a coat of arms formed from the coat of arms of provinces ^[3] ;
• the slightly lighter Reyksdalder of the United Provinces , containing 25.69 g of silver with a total weight of 29.03 g and produced in 1606-1700 by all provinces except Groningen; on one side was engraved the chest image of a knight with a sword on his shoulder and a province coat of arms in his left hand, on the other - a crowned coat of arms of the United Provinces ^[3] .

After 1659, the United Provinces began to produce another variety of dalder - silver ducat , the prototype of which was the Albertusdalder ( patagon ) of the Spanish Netherlands . However, the new coin was also often called the reyksdalder. Subsequently (since 1840) silver coins with a denomination of 2 + ¹ ⁄ ₂ guilders ^{[3] [4]} also wore this name.

In 1679, at the suggestion of the Netherlands and West Friesland, the main monetary unit of the United Provinces of the Netherlands was the guilder , consisting of 20 stewers and containing 9.65 g of silver (9.61 g since 1816). Coins of denominations of 3, 2, 1, 1 + ¹ ⁄ ₂ , ¹ ⁄ ₂ and ¹ ⁄ ₄ guilders were issued. Varieties of Dalder also continued to be minted - the Löwendalder , the Reiksdalder of the United Provinces and the silver ducat (imitation of the Albertusdalder ). The last two in terms of silver content (25.69 g and 24.65 g, respectively) corresponded to approximately 2 + ¹ ⁄ ₂ guilders, therefore, in the new monetary system they were equated with this nominal value.

In 1816, the Kingdom of the Netherlands switched to a decimal monetary system , in which 1 guilder was equal to 100 cents . Coins in denominations of 3, 1, ¹ ⁄ ₂ guilders were issued. At the same time, the release of Reyxdalders (silver ducats) was discontinued. However, the name “reisdalder” was so firmly entrenched in the amount of 2 + ¹ ⁄ ₂ guilders that the name was already issued in 1839 in the form of a real coin. “ 2 + ¹ ⁄ ₂ G” (2.5 guilders) was minted on it, but unofficially coins of this denomination continued to be called reyksdalder until the Netherlands switched to the euro in 2002 ^{[3] [5]} .

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