Zeeland 1731 6 stuivers
This specimen was lot 891 in Jean Elsen price list 258 (Brussels, October 2011) where it was offered for €275 (about US$385). The catalog description noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZEELAND, Provincie, AR hoedjesschelling, 1731, Droit: Gekroond provinciewapen tussen jaartal. Revers: Leeuw met speer waarop vrijheidshoed. Ref.: Een paar stempelbreukjes. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (Netherlands, province of Zeeland, shilling of 1731. Obverse: crowned arms divide date; reverse: seated lion holds a spear. Die cracks, very fine to extremely fine.)"
These "lion" shillings were struck in Zeeland until 1738, then replaced after 1750 with "ship shillings."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver, .092 troy oz ASW, this specimen 4,93 g.
Catalog reference: Verk., 93, 1; CNM 2.34.85, KM 50.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
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