View source for Flanders 1562 daalder Dav-8646

[[Image:Flanders JE137-0534.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 534]]

This specimen was lot 534 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €135 (about US$188 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR Philipsdaalder, 1562, Brugge. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Krasjes. Fraai à Zeer Fraai.'' (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver daalder of 1562, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross between two jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Scratches, fine to very fine.)"</blockquote> Flanders, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued daalders during the sixteenth century. This issue bears Philip II's name but unlike [[Flanders 1557 daalder Dav-8645|Dav-8645]], deletes "ANG·Z·" from his titles. It was struck 1562-63, 1572-76.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 33,43 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 210-7d; Haeck 653; Delm. 36, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Davenport-8646]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977. 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 137,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

''Link to:''
* [[Flanders 1558 daalder Dav-8645|1558 ''Philipsdaalder'']]
* [[Flanders 1562 1/10 ecu|1562 ''tiende Philipsdaalder'']]
* [[Brabant 1562(h) ecu Dav-8631|Brabant 1562 écu Philippe, bust right]]
* [[Flanders 1567 rijksdaalder Dav-8650|1567 daalder]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1562]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish]]

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