Kampen 1669 ducaton Dav-4945
This specimen was lot 57753 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Kampen. Ducaton (Silver Rider), 1669. NGC AU-53. From an Old Brooklyn Collection." A number of towns issued coins in the Netherlands besides the provinces and the Generality consistently found them below standard as to weight and purity. Decades of complaints finally resulted in the closure of all the municipal mints by the end of the seventeenth century. This type was struck with this mintmark 1664-70 and 1675. The obverse legend reads, "MO NO ARG CIVIT CAMPENSIS" (new silver coin of Kampen).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver, .991 troy oz ASW, obliquely reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Dav-4945; KM-61.1; Delm-1039.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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