Holland 1584 rijksdaalder Dav-8839
This specimen was lot 563 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,076 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NIEDERLANDE, HOLLAND, Provinz. Reichstaler 1584. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (Netherlands, province of Holland, rijksdaalder of 1584. Scarce in this quality, attractive example with fine patina, minor edge defects, extremely fine.)"
This type is listed in Davenport for 1583-85 for Holland. A closely related type is listed for 1591-1602 (Dav-8841), with a different reverse legend. Simultaneous with the "prince" daalder (40 stuivers) was the Lion daalder (48 stuivers), the silver ducat (also 48 stuivers), the three gulden (60 stuivers) and the ducaton (silver rider). The catalog does not expalin why so many different large silver coins were felt to be necessary.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.03 g, 0.865 fine silver, this specimen 28.69 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8839; Delm-921 (R1); Purmer/van der Wiel Ho 36.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
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