Kampen 1647 daalder Dav-4879
This specimen was lot 550 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €190 (about US$244 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KAMPEN. Leeuwendaalder. 1647, Silver Type IIa. Ridder naar links met pluim achter groot leeuwenschild. Kz. klimmende leeuw, mmt. lelie tussen jaartal. PCGS AU53. Bijna prachtig. (city of Kampen, silver lion daalder of 1647, type IIa. Obverse: knight facing left with plumed helmet behind large lion shield; reverse: lion rampant, above, the lily mintmark divides the date. Graded PCGS AU-53, about extremely fine.)"
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 1646-50. The municipal mints' habit of coining to short weight and short alloy infuriated the Estates General, which spent most of the seventeenth century on a campaign to close them all.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.65 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 42.2, Delm-862; V. 163.3; Dav-4879.
- 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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