Deventer 1662 silver ducat Dav-4916
This specimen was lot 952 in Jean Elsen sale 106 (Brussels, September 2010), where it sold for 300 euro. The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, DEVENTER, Stad, AR zilveren dukaat, 1662, Muntmeesterteken: negerhoofd. Droit : Staande ridder naar radié met zwaard en stadswapen. Revers : Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Klein defect aan de rand. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig." (city of Deventer, silver ducat of 1662, Negro head mintmark. Obverse: standing knight with sword holds provincial arms; reverse: crowned arms. Small planchet defect, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.)
This type is noted for 1662-66. It is not priced higher than contemporary German thalers (the Netherlands left the Empire in 1648) but as it normally comes wretchedly struck, a VF-XF example like that shown here is equivalent to a VG-F thaler from Brunswick or Saxony.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,06g.
Catalog reference: Verk.-149, 2; Delm.-990, Davenport-4916, KM 64.1.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 106, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2010.
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