Holland 1585 rijksdaalder Dav-8839
This specimen was lot 30533 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Holland. Daalder, 1585. Dordrecht Mint. PCGS MS-61. A lovely and uncommon issue, this piece displays wholesome luster of a frosty nature. Well detailed, with no evidence of circulation, though some strike weakness is noted for completeness. Some planchet roughness likely accounts for the grade assigned." 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.
Catalog reference: Dav-8839; Delm-921 (R1).
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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