Utrecht 1640 daalder Dav-4863
This specimen was lot 78265 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Utrecht. Lion Dollar (Daalder), 1640. Utrecht Mint. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED Details--Cleaned." Lion daalders were struck in most of the provinces that today make up the Netherlands. This type is recorded in the SCWC for Utrecht for 1634-52. other lion daalders were struck in Utrecht 1606-34 (KM 13), 1636-69 (KM 32.1), 1640-42 (KM 32.2), 1674-76 (KM 59.1), 1679-83 (KM 59.2), 1679-1700 (KM 72). Most dates are common but choice specimens are rare as striking quality was low.
Recorded mintage: unknown but not expensive in low grade.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-4863, KM-30; Delm-843.
- 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, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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