Deventer 1689 6 stuivers
This specimen was lot 1657 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS (United), Deventer, 6 stuivers (rijderschelling), 1689. Rare type from this wreck (first of this date that we have offered), mildly corroded with slight bend and some scratches on both sides though with bold legends. Pedigreed to the Steve Valentine Collection, with original certificate from the salvor/conservator. Recovered from Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa." The municipal mints' habit of coining to short weight and short alloy infuriated the Estates General, which spent most of the seventeenth century on a campaign to close them all. This type was struck 1683-91 in substantial quantities. It was among the last issues before this municipal mint was closed.
Recorded mintage: 350,000.
Specification: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver; this specimen 4.00 grams.
Catalog reference: KM-78.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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- Overijssel 1683 6 stuivers, (rijderschelling), with c/m of 1693
- Deventer (1685-92) florin with "HOL" counterstamp of 1693
- 1687 leeuwendaalder
- 1690 6 stuivers (rijderschelling)
- Nijmegen 1690 6 stuivers (rijderschelling)
- Groningen-Ommelanden 1691 6 stuivers (rijderschelling)
- (1693) florin countermarked
- Coins and currency dated 1689