Gelderland 1654 daalder Dav-4849
This specimen was lot 464 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €260 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GELDERLAND Provincie 1581 - 1795. Leeuwendaalder. 1654, Silver Ridder met pluim aan helm naar rechts achter wapenschild met CON - FOE. BELG. GEL. Kz. klimmende leeuw, daarboven jaartal. Omschrift eindigt op MOVETVR. RR. Zeldzaam jaar Net exemplaar, iets craquele. Zeer fraai +. (province of Gelderland, lion daalder of 1654. Obverse: knight with plumed helmet facing right with the provincial arms; reverse: lion rampant, date above. Very rare, a better date, neatly struck, some planchet cracks, very fine or better.)"
The leeuwendaalder and its half are famous in the numismatic world as being some of the worst struck coins in history. Most of the provinces and several of the cities struck them from the 1570's until the end of the seventeenth century. The SCWC lists this subtype for 1654-58, 1661-63, 1666-68 and 1674-76 and does not award this date a premium. Leeuwendaalders with a lily privy mark (KM 15.3) are also recorded for 1654.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 27.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15.4 (dog privy mark), Delm-825; V. 11.1; Dav-4849.
- 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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