Overijssel 1616 1/2 daalder
This specimen was lot 304 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS (United), Overijssel, 1/2 "lion" daalder, 1616, rare. Very choice full flan and bold details with minimal surface corrosion, gunmetal toning, rated R3 in Delmonte. With generic certificate from the salvor. Recovered from: Campen, sunk in 1627 off the Isle of Wight, south of England." Half lion daalders were struck in most of the provinces that today make up the Netherlands. They had a face value of twenty stuivers but are much scarcer than the full daalders. This type is recorded in the SCWC for Overijssel for 1606-17, 1622, 1629, 1633 and 1637-43.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.84 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 12.38 grams.
Catalog reference: KM-11.1; Delm-876.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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