Overijssel 1584 rijksdaalder Dav-8518
This specimen was lot 1248 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €700 (about US$1,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, OVERIJSSEL, De Staten in opstand, AR Bourgondische rijksdaalder, 1584, Met titel van Philips II. Droit: Bourgondisch kruis. Revers: Gekroond wapenschild, omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Zeldzaam. Met TRS ISSV op vz. Mooie patina. Ex HSA 57.2174. Prachtig. (Province of Overijssel, burgundian rixdollar of 1584, in the name of Philip II; obverse: Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Nice patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1584-86 and 1590-92 in the name of Philip II of Spain, whose control over the United Provinces ceased in 1581. Several other provinces struck Bourgondische rijksdaalders, including Gelderland, Zeeland and Holland. Overijssel went on to issue many coins as part of the independent Netherlands until the time of Napoleon.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.4 g, 0.892 fine silver, this specimen 28,97 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8518, G.H., 240-17b; Delm-805; CNM 2.38.16.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
Link to:
- 1567 Bourgondische rijksdaalder
- 1578 Statendaalder
- Holland 1580 Bourgondische rijksdaalder
- Gelderland 1584 Bourgondische rijksdaalder
- Zeeland 1584 Bourgondische rijksdaalder
- Overijssel (15)85 1/4 noble Fr-265a
- 1586 Bourgondische rijksdaalder
- Coins and currency dated 1584
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands