Amsterdam 1578 20 stuivers
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This specimen was lot 40445 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted,
"NETHERLANDS. Dutch Revolt. Siege of Amsterdam. 20 Stuiver, 1578. PCGS EF-45. Siege: December 1577 to 8 February 1578. Variety with Briquette privy mark."
We note that twenty stuivers = one gulden. Regular issues included the Lion daalder (40 stuivers), the "prince" daalder (50 stuivers), the silver ducat (48 stuivers), the three gulden (57 stuivers) and the ducaton (silver rider or 60 stuivers).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver. This specimen is 13.08 g.
Catalog reference: Korchnak-20B; Mailliet-Pl. IV # 8; van Gelder-114; Delm-189; MO-4.17.2.3.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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