Utrecht 1648 daalder Dav-4863
This specimen was lot 527 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €160 (about US$206 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795. Leeuwendaalder. 1648, Silver Type IId. Met binnencirkels. Ridder met pluim aan helm achter wapenschild met ongekroonde leeuw naar rechts en titel ...BELG. TRA. mt. stadsschild aan het einde van omschrift. Kz. klimmende leeuw, daarboven jaartal. Miniem slagbarstje, fraai uitgemunt. NGC UNC Details Cleaned. Prachtig/Prachtig +. (province of Utrecht, silver lion daalder of 1648, type IId, with inner circles. Obverse: knight with plumed helmet behind the provincial arms, city arms at the end of the legend; reverse: lion rampant, date above. Minor planchet crack, well struck, graded NGC UNC Details Cleaned, extremely fine or better.)"
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 subtype with the shield mintmark was struck 1635-52. Leeuwendaalders with a rosette mintmark (KM 32.1) also exist for 1648.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Delm-845 var; V. 107.4 var; Dav-4863, KM 30 (shield 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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