Zwolle 1661 silver ducat Dav-4921
This specimen was lot 2053 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €460 (about US$638 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZWOLLE, Stad, AR zilveren dukaat, 1661. Vz/ Staande ridder naar r. met zwaard en provinciewapen. Kz/ Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Gereinigd. Einde muntplaat. (Netherlands, city of Zwolle, silver ducat of 1661. Obverse: standing knight with sword and provincial arms; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality. Cleaned, good very Fine.)"
This type, listed for 1659-69, is not listed as expensive but usually comes in poor condition as most were badly struck. Zwolle is a town in the province of Overijssel. 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: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 27,62 g.
Catalog reference: Verk. 171, 4; Delm. 995, Dav-4921, KM 60.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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