Zwolle 1662 ducaton Dav-4947

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Schulman sale 347, lot 758

This specimen was lot 758 in Schulman sale 347 (Amsterdam, April 2015), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,297 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"dukaton of zilveren rijder. 1662. type IIb. gesoigneerde stempel. Ruiter naar rechts boven ongekroond klein stadswapentje MONETA· ARGENTEA· CIVITATIS· ZWOLLÆ ❀. Kz. gekroond generaliteitswapen, jaartal boven de kroon ·CONCORDIA – RES· PARVÆ – cReScVnt. RRRR. Prachtig. uit veiling Jean elsen 89, no. 131. het betreft hier een geschroefde proef met verzorgde stempels door c. adolphi (ducaton or silver rider of 1662, type IIb. Well executed dies. Obverse: Mounted knight charges to the right above the uncrowned small city arms, mintmark ❀. Reverse: crowned arms of the Generality, date above. Very rare, extremely fine. From auction Jean Elsen 89, no. 131. This is a milled proof with well executed dies by C. Adolphi.)"

This type, worth sixty stuivers, is listed for 1660-86. Other silver coins included two, six, seven, ten, fourteen, twenty-eight and thirty stuiver pieces.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver, .991 troy oz ASW, this specimen 32.61 g.

Catalog reference: Delm-1042; V. –; vdW. 161, Dav-4947, KM 65.1.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 347, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2015.
  • 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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