Deventer (1693) florin
This specimen was lot 1533 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $88.12. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS: AR 28 stuivers, ND (1693). 'bundle of arrows' countermarked twice on a Deventer Florin of 1684 (KM-79), edge split from striking, Fine, ex Ponterio & Associates Sale 146, Lot 2211. By 1694 there were a significant number of lightweight debased coins in circulation and the countermark of seven bonded arrows was applied to coins of good weight and fineness." The host coin was a one year type but was a revival of a denomination originally minted 1617-21.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 19.5 g, .673 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-4.1 (countermark), KM 79 (host coin).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
Link to:
- Overijssel 1683 6 stuivers, (rijderschelling), with c/m of 1693
- Deventer (1685-92) florin with "HOL" counterstamp of 1693
- Kampen 1685 28 stuivers with "HOL" counterstamp
- Overijssel 1685 28 stuivers with "HOL" counterstamp
- 1691 6 stuivers (rijderschelling)
- Deventer 1698 silver ducat Dav-4917
- Coins and currency dated 1693
- return to coins of Netherlands, Deventer