Overijssel 1688 daalder Dav-4860
This specimen was lot 1924 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €190 (about US$257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, OVERIJSSEL, Provincie, AR leeuwendaalder, 1688. Vz/ Ridder rechtsom kijkend met voor zich wapen met klimmende leeuw. Kz/ Klimmende leeuw l. Einde muntplat. goede Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Overijssel, silver lion daalder of 1688. Obverse: standing knight supports the provincial arms with a lion rampant; reverse: lion rampant left. Irregular planchet, good Very Fine.)"
Lion daalders were struck in most of the provinces that today make up the Netherlands. They had a face value of forty stuivers. This type is recorded in the SCWC for Overijssel for 1675-92, 1697-1700. Various mintmarks exist.
Recorded mintage: 216,351 for 1675-92.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 27,13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 42.1, Dav-4860, Verk. 139, 3; Delm-856b.
- 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 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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