Holland 1585 daalder Dav-8838
This specimen was lot 2520 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €130 (about US$165 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, HOLLAND, Provincie, AR leeuwendaalder, 1585. Vz/ Ridder rechtsom kijkend met voor zich een wapen met een klimmende leeuw. Kz/ Klimmende leeuw l. Gereinigd. bijna Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Holland, silver lion dollar of 1585. Obverse: knight facing right with city arms; reverse: lion rampant left. Cleaned, about very fine.)"
Altho some of the northern provinces were still featuring Philip II on their coins, Holland staked her claim to independence with this lion dollar, first struck in 1576. This design, tariffed at 48 stuivers, would be struck by all of the United Provinces until the end of the seventeenth century. This particular style was struck 1576, 1585-89, 1594, 1599 and 1601-05.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 27,22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11, Dav-8838, Verk. 48, 3; Delm-831.
- 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, 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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