Zwolle 1664 silver ducat Dav-4921
This specimen was lot 1336 in Jean Elsen sale 123 (Brussels, December 2014), where it sold for €240 (about US$349 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZWOLLE, Stad, AR zilveren dukaat, 1664, Mmt. bloem. Droit: Staande ridder naar radié met zwaard en provinciewapen. Revers: Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Zeldzaam. Einde muntplaat. bijna Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, city of Zwolle, silver ducat of 1664, mintmark flower. Obverse: standing knight with sword supports the provincial arms; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality. Scarce, mint clip, about 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 but a scarce date.
Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 28,22 g.
Catalog reference: Verk., 171, 4; Delm-995 (R4); CNM 2.52.70, 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 123, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2014.
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