The gold rijders began to disappear, the complaints as to the disappearance of silver ceased, and the regulations of 1749 and 1750 were superseded. At the time of the French Revolution, therefore, the silver standard was actually in force. Nominally the gold rijder was still legal tender at 14 florins, but actually few specimens of it were in circulation.
In 1798 the establishment of the Batavian Republic necessitated the creation of a Batavian Mint, and on the 12th February 1800 the First Chamber was called upon to consider the coins.
It was not, however, until the year 1806, after the Republic had been superseded by the imposition of Louis Napoleon as King of Holland, that an effectual system was enunciated. By the resolution of 15th December 1806, a double standard was adopted.
| Gold Penning of 20 francs, 18 to the mark. | |
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| Alloy, 22 carats gold, 16 grs. silver. | |
| Weight, 8 engels 28 4 ⁄ 9 azen. | |
| Content of fine gold, 260 3 ⁄ 4 azen. |