Kampen 1659 ducaton Dav-4945
This specimen was lot 1938 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €200 (about US$259 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CAMPEN Stadt. Dukaton (Silberner Reiter) 1659. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit herrlicher Patina, kl. Prägeschwäche, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (city of Kampen, ducaton or silver rider of 1659. Rare, attractively toned, lightly cleaned, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This fairly common ducaton is listed for 1659-80 with various mint marks. A very rare double ducaton (Dav-A4945) exists. 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: 128,518 for 1659-63.
Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-4945; Delm-1039 (R1); Purmer Ka 34. KM-54.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- 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.
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