Zeeland 1602 30 stuivers
This specimen was lot 1619 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €120 (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZEELAND, Provincie, AR arenddaalder van 60 groot, 1602. Vz/ Tweekoppige adelaar met provinciewapen op de borst. Kz/ Wapenschild met de wapens van de Eerste Edele, Middelburg, Goes, Zierikzee, Tholen, Vlissingen en Veere. Krassen. Donkere patina. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Zeeland, silver eagle daalder of 60 stuivers, 1602. Obverse: crowned imperial eagle supports the provincial arms on its breast; reverse: arms of Eerste Edele, Middelburg, Goes, Zierikzee, Tholen and Vlissingen en Veere. Very Fine.)"
This type, too light to pass for a thaler, probably traded for a sixty kreuzer or gulden. It was struck 1602 (with a frozen date?) and 1618-19. Later thirty stuivers were 15.88 g, 0.906 fine silver but had the same amount of silver.
Recorded mintage: 859,190.
Specification: 20.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 18,92 g.
Catalog reference: KM 12, Verk. 89, 1; Delm-1071.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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