Dutch rijksdaalder
The rijksdaalder (
minted armored half bust rijksdaalders until the end of the 17th century.17th century rijksdaalder was set to be equal to from 48 to 50
leeuwendaalders (36 to 42 stuivers; 27.68 g, 0.743 fine), silver ducats (48 stuivers; 28.06 g, 0.868 fine), and ducatons (60 stuivers; 32.46 g, 0.938 fine)[1][3]
silver ducats and rijksdaalders were almost of the same size and quality. With the disappearance of the original armored half bust rijksdaalder design, silver ducats and later 2+1⁄2 guilders started to be called rijksdaalders.
Unification of the Dutch monetary system in the beginning of the 18th century introduced
silver price) and from 1840 onward 2+1⁄2-guilder coins were produced again. Production stopped in 2002 due to the introduction of the euro
. 2+1⁄2-guilder coins continued to be called by their nicknames rijksdaalder, riks, and knaak until the introduction of the euro.
The Royal Dutch Mint still mints a silver ducat "rijksdaalder" to this day.[4]
Mintage since 1840
These are mintage figures for the 21⁄2-guilder denomination until introduction of the euro in 2002. It excludes the silver ducat which is still minted as a
numismatic
product even after 2002.
| Year | Mintage | Mint | Mint marks | Monarch | Notes[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840 | 44,409 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | William I | Diameter: 38mm; silver content: 94.5% |
| 1841 | 53,542 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | William II | |
| 1842 | 1,009,807 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1843 | 642,659 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1844 | 278,535 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1845 | 3,928,381 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1846 | 3,629,712 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1847 | 9,465,005 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1848 | 8,333,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1849 | 2,049,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 439,307 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | William III | ||
| 1850 | 5,008,210 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1851 | 3,647,493 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1852 | 4,547,764 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1853 | 234,128 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1854 | 4,334,526 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1855 | 2,082,046 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1856 | 909,345 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1857 | 3,353,072 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1858 | 8,357,486 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1859 | 4,306,594 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1860 | 847,104 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1861 | 876,003 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1862 | 3,304,118 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1863 | 50,652 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1864 | 2,033,644 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1865 | 2,287,612 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1866 | 3,652,608 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1867 | 4,984,886 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1868 | 4,040,021 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1869 | 5,046,192 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1870 | 6,639,847 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1871 | 6,875,035 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1872 | 13,416,378 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1873 | 5,515,073 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1874 | 12,795,726 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1875–1897: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1898 | 100,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | Wilhelmina | |
| 1899–1928: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1929 | 4,400,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | Silver content reduced to 72.0% | |
| 1930 | 11,600,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1931 | 4,720,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1932 | 6,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1933 | 3,560,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1934–1936: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1937 | 4,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1938 | 2,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1939 | 3,760,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1940 | 4,640,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1941–1942: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1943 | 2,000,000 | Denver | Letter D, privy mark | ||
| 1944–1958: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| Juliana | |||||
| 1959 | 7,200,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | Diameter reduced to 33mm | |
| 1960 | 12,800,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1961 | 10,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1962 | 5,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1963 | 4,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1964 | 2,800,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1965: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1966 | 5,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1967–1968: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1969 | 15,720,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | Silver content removed. Diameter reduced to 29mm | |
| 1970 | 22,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1971 | 8,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1972 | 20,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1973–1977: No rijksdaalders minted | |||||
| 1978 | 5,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1979 | 5,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | Union of Utrecht circulating commemorative | |
| 1980 | 37,300,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 30,500,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | Beatrix and Juliana | Abdication circulating commemorative | |
| 1981: No rijksdaalders minted | Beatrix | ||||
| 1982 | 14,300,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1983 | 3,800,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1984 | 5,200,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1985 | 3,100,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1986 | 5,800,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1987 | 2,500,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1988 | 6,800,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1989 | 4,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1990 | 1,000,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1991 | 400,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1992 | 400,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1993 | 400,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1994 | 420,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1995 | 150,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1996 | 150,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1997 | 180,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1998 | 200,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 1999 | 240,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 2000 | 300,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 2001 | 600,000 | Utrecht
|
Utrecht Mint, privy mark | ||
| 2002 | none | Discontinued due to introduction of the euro .
| |||
Former colonies
The Dutch rijksdaalder or the local versions of the 2+1⁄2-guilder coin (or paper) were circulating in
Netherlands Indies gulden was replaced by the Indonesian rupiah
.
The Netherlands United East India Company (VOC) issued the rijksdaalder in the Cape Colony in the 17th century. The Dutch monetary system overseas of a rijksdaalder – or rixdollar – of 48 stuiver was continued in the Cape Province by the British in the early nineteenth century.
In
stuiver. After the British took over Ceylon and the rixdollar was the currency of Ceylon until 1828. The rixdollar was then replaced by the British pound
at a rate of 1 rixdollar = 1 shilling 6 pence (£1 = 13+1⁄3 rixdollars).
In
American dollar and the Caribbean guilder
.
Similar coins
The similarly named Reichsthaler, riksdaler and rigsdaler were used in Germany and Austria-Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, respectively.
The dollar is named after the Dutch daalder, the little brother of the rijksdaalder, with a value of 30 stuiver.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Shaw, William Arthur (1896). The History of Currency, 1252-1894: Being an Account of the Gold and Silver Moneys and Monetary Standards of Europe and America, Together with an Examination of the Effects of Currency and Exchange Phenonmena on Commercial and National Progress and Well-being. Putnam.
- ^ "Rix Dollar - Introduction". coins.nd.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Lion Dollar - Introduction". coins.nd.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt - Officieel producent van de Nederlandse munten". www.knm.nl. Archived from the original on 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Nomisma, de website voor munten verzamelaars. Met o.a. een online catalogus van alle Nederlandse munten". www.nomisma.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-01.