This type was minted in Holland in five years between 1748 and 1762.
The lion holds seven arrows,
representing the seven provinces of the United Dutch Republic (Gelre, Holland,
Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijsel, West Friesland and Groningen). Though the
provinces struck their own coinage, they were mostly uniform in denomination,
content and
design - with the most apparent differences found in the legend, to identify the
province of origin. Similar coinage was also issued by the Vereenigde Oostindische
Compagnie - Dutch East
Indies Co. (easily identified by the initials VOC beneath the obverse arms as well as, to a
far lesser extent, the Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie - West Indies Co. (Identified by the letter W placed similar).
Coins continued production under the local provincial governments until 1795,
when invading French forces replaced the Dutch Republic with the Batavian
Republic, which was later reformed to the Kingdom of Holland by Napoleon in
1806.