Kampen 1662 silver ducat Dav-4918
This specimen was lot 2026 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €150 (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, KAMPEN, Stad, AR zilveren dukaat, 1662. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en stadswapen. Kz/ Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Gereinigd. Deukje aan de rand. (Netherlands, city of Kampen, silver ducat of 1662. Obverse: standing knight with sword supports the city arms; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality. Edge bumps, about Very Fine.)"
This silver ducat was struck 1659-64 only and is scarce. 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: 28.25 g, 0.875 fine silver, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 27,43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 55.1, Dav-4918, Verk. 161, 4; Delm-992.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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