Utrecht 1641 daalder Dav-4863
This specimen was lot 526 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €120 (about US$154 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795. Leeuwendaalder. 1641, Silver Type IId. Met binnencirkels. Ridder met pluim aan helm achter wapenschild met ongekroonde leeuw naar rechts en titel BELG. TRA. Kz. klimmende leeuw, daarboven jaartal. Geen mmt. Slagbarstje. Zeer fraai. (province of Utrecht, silver lion daalder of 1641, type IId, with inner circles. Obverse: knight with plumed helmet behind the provincial arms; reverse: lion rampant, date above, no mintmark. Planchet crack, very fine.)"
The leeuwendaalder and its half are famous in the numismatic world as being some of the worst struck coins in history. Most of the provinces and several of the cities struck them from the 1570's until the end of the seventeenth century. This unmintmarked subtype was struck 1640-42.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 26.71 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-845 var; V. 107.4 var; Dav-4863, KM 32.2 (no mintmark).
- 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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