Westfriesland 1668 daalder Dav-4870
This specimen was lot 34402 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: West Friesland. Provincial Daalder 1668 MS64 NGC. A bright example with considerable luster." "Lion" daalders were struck in Westfriesland and other Dutch provinces until 1700 but are seldom seen. This specimen, lustrous but lacking in detail, is exceptional for this type. Many subtypes exist with different mintmarks: KM 14.1: 1601-30 and 1650; KM 14.2: 1616-17, 1631-49; KM 14.3 (shown here): 1649-79, 1697-1700; KM 14.4: 1682, 1687; KM 14.5: 1616, 1622-29. Simultaneous with the Lion daalder (48 stuivers) was the "prince" daalder (40 stuivers), the silver ducat (also 48 stuivers), the three gulden (60 stuivers) and the ducaton (silver rider). The catalog does not explain why so many different large silver coins were felt to be necessary.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 14.3, Dav-4870.
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- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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