Netherlands
Netherlands
and the hall-mark with the lion were required. |
| Until the wars of liberation against the Spaniards, the regulations applying to Spanish provinces were in force on the territory of the modern Netherlands. | |
| 1501 | Archduke Philip issued goldsmiths' regulations for Holland, Seeland and Friesland (see Belgium) . |
| 1661 | The "Placaat en Ordonnante'' was issued introducing the function of
sworn assayers.
These added to the maker's mark, the town mark (merk van Stads Wapen) and a standard mark with the crowned lion (provincialen gekroonden Leeuw), which guaranteed a higher content of precious metal (875/1000). Thus, on big pieces four marks were stamped according to the above example |
| 1806-10 | Kingdom of the Netherlands: new hall-marks for standards of 934 and 833/1000 and new date letters were established. |