Westfriesland 1643 1/2 daalder
This specimen was lot 78280 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. West Friesland. 1/2 Lion Dollar (Daalder), 1643. Hoorn or Enkhuizen Mint; mm: Lis. PCGS VF-30. From the Richard August Collection." Lion daalders were struck in most of the provinces that today make up the Netherlands. This halve leeuwendaalder is recorded in the SCWC for Westfriesland for 1606-68 with various mintmarks (KM 22.1: 1616-48; KM 22.3: 1629, 1650-68; KM 22.4: 1606-29, 1643, 1650). Lion daalders and their half are famously some of the worst struck coins in numismatics.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.84 g, 0.873 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-22.1; Delm-873.
- 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]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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