Zwolle 1642 1/2 daalder KM-35
This specimen was lot 1047 in Schulman sale 375 (Amsterdam, April 2023), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ZWOLLE. ½ Leeuwendaalder. 1642. Type IV. Ridder naar rechts achter stadswapen. MO(:) A(RG: C)VITA – ZWOL: A: L: IM. Kz. klimmende leeuw met jaartal achter, ❀ DA· PAC: DO: IN: DIEB: (N)OST:. RRRR. Van de allerhoogste zeldzaamheid en mogelijk unicum. Sporen van overslag over een ½ Leeuwendaalder van onbekend type. NGC MS64. (city of Zwolle, half lion dollar of 1642, type IV. Obverse: knight facing right, supporting the city arms; reverse: lion rampant, date behind. Extremely rare, possibly unique. Traces of an undertype. NGC graded MS-64.)"
This early issue is divided into two types by the SCWC. KM 35, struck 1637-44, has the date below the lion (shown here) and KM 45, struck 1641-52, has the date in the legend. Eventually, the States General shut down all the municipal mints due to their inveterate habit of cheating on the weight and alloy.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.84 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 13.65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 35, Delm-889 var. (date location not specified); V. 172.3.; vdW. 140 (unlisted date).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 375, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2023.
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