Zeeland 1618 daalder
This specimen was lot 1937 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €190 (about US$257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZEELAND, Provincie, AR arendsdaalder van 60 groot, 1618, Middelburg. Vz/ Dubbelkoppige adelaar met provinciewapen op de borst. Kz/ Wapenschild onder jaartal. . Kras op vz en deuk aan de rand. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Zeeland, silver daalder of sixty groats of 1618, Middleburg mint. Obverse: double-headed eagle with the provincial arms on its breast; reverse: arms below date. Obverse scratch and rim bumps, Very Fine.)"
This type, too light to pass for a thaler, probably traded for a sixty kreuzer or gulden. It was struck 1602 and 1618-19 and later passed for thirty stuivers.
Recorded mintage: 246,033 for 1618-19.
Specification: 20.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 20,13 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 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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