Holland 1608 cavalier d'or Fr-251

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 3242

This specimen was lot 3242 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $8,812.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Holland. Cavalier d'Or, 1608. NGC MS-62. RARE. Large flan gold piece. Boldly struck with only a few small touches of weakness and leaving gleaming lustrous surfaces throughout. Lions and rider are quite sharp and attractive. Some mild toning in peripheries. No detracting marks or signs of handling making for a very attractive and desirable piece which is seldom offered. Erroneously designated as Utrecht on the NGC holder label." The catalog calls this coin a "gold rider," a term American numismatists reserve for the similar coin of the eighteenth century valued at fourteen gulden (Fr-253). Of course, cavalier d'or, a French term, means the same thing. This rare type is listed for Holland for 1606-08, 1621-25 and 1629-32.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10 g, .920 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-251; KM-19; Delm-780.

Source:

Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
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.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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Holland 1608 cavalier d'or Fr-251

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