Zeeland 1598 1/2 daalder

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 78285

This specimen was lot 78285 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. 1/2 Daalder, 1598. PCGS VF-20. From the Richard August Collection." This unusual coin, called a zwemmende halve leeuwendaalder (swimming half dollar), was struck in Zeeland 1597-99. The lion on the reverse is shown wading thru surf rather than ramping over dry land.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.84 g, 0.750 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Delm-875.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

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