Zwolle 1655 rijksdaalder Dav-4993
This specimen was lot 1190 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €260 (about US$360 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZWOLLE, Stad, AR rijksdaalder, 1659. Met titel van Ferdinand III. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. met zwaard en stadswapen. Kz/ Gekroond leeuwenschild. Zeldzaam. (Netherlands, city of Zwolle, silver rijksdaalder of 1659, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Obverse: armored bust right with sword and city arms; reverse: crowned lion shield. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1650, 1654-56 and 1659, with the 1655 being the most common date. A double rijksdaalder (Dav-A4994) is known for 1650. The municipal mints' habit of coining to short weight and short alloy infuriated the Estates General, which spent most of the seventeenth century on a campaign to close them all.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.03 g, 0.885 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28,74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, Verk. 171, 2; Delm. 722; Dav-4993.
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- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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