Zeeland 1791 stuiver
This specimen was lot 1088 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS: ZEELAND: Dutch Republic, AR stuiver, 1791, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck in billon 1760-65 and 1791. Many low denomination coins in the Netherlands were also struck in silver and gold for presentation but that does not seem to have occurred with this issue. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Zeeland, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Overijssel, West Friesland and Utrecht, not counting various local issues. The Netherlands were swallowed up in Napoleon's empire and after his fall, reconstituted as a kingdom.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.86 g, 0.583 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-95.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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