Boxwood Box Containing 7 Gold Coins, Netherlands 18th Century

Turned boxwood box containing seven openwork gold duits corresponding to the seven United Provinces:
Holland: Right, lion in an enclosure / Reverse, HOLLANDIA 1739.
Zealand: Right, LUCTOR ET EMERGO inscription surrounding a wavy lion / Reverse, ZEELANDIA 174[0 or 9].
Overijssel: Right, inscription VIGILATE ET ORATE with a shield containing a lion rampant under a crown / Reverse, OVERYSSEL 174 1.
Frieze: Right, two lions passant under a crown / Reverse, WEST FRISIAE 1739.
Groningen: Right, quartered coat of arms / Reverse , GRON AND OML.
Gelderland: Right, inscription SPNOS IN DEO with a shield containing two rampant lions facing each other under a crown / Reverse, D GELRIAE 1739. Utrecht: Right, two lions framing the coat of arms sliced argent and gules / Reverse, UTRECHT 1739.

Netherlands, mid-18th century
Box diameter: 8.2 cm - Diameters of the bars: 2 cm to 2.2 cm - Weight of the bars: 11.1g - Gold: approximately 18 carats.

The duit is a Dutch coin dating from before the beginning of the 19th century. Thanks to very meticulous work, the six pieces have been carefully openworked. The set with its turned boxwood box, equipped with cells the size of each of the pieces and a small cardboard lid, seems to have been made with the intention of making it a precious gift probably intended for a character high-ranking officer of the United Provinces.