Gelderland 1592 rijksdaalder Dav-8822
The first specimen was lot 1098 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €260 (about US$397 including buyer's fees). The catalog description noted,
"NEDERLAND, GELDERLAND, Provincie, AR Bourgondische rijksdaalder, 1592, Droit: Bourgondisch kruis. Revers: Gekroond wapenschild, omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Ex HSA 1074. goede Zeer Fraai. (Province of Gelderland, burgundian rixdollar of 1592, Harderwijk mint; obverse: Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Good very fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 1366 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[2] noted, "GELDERLAND: United Netherlands, AR Bourgondische rijksdaalder, 1592, Burgundian cross with date in angles and MONETA NOVA ARGEN DVC GELGIAE CO Z around // crowned arms with DOMINUS MI - HI ADIVTOR around, Choice VF, Scarce." Gelderland was in the heart of the United Provinces. This was nearly the last issue of this denomination.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.4 g, silver, the first specimen 28.35 g, the second specimen 28.48 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8822, Verk., 7, 1; Delm-803; CNM 2.17.92.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- 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, et al., Vente Publique 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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