View source for Holland 1576 daalder Dav-8837

[[Image:Holland 1576 daalder obv JElsen 116-1761.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 116, lot 1761]]
[[Image:Holland 1576 daalder rev JElsen 116-1761.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 1761 in Jean Elsen sale 116 (Brussels, March 2013), where it sold for €480 (about US$729 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NEDERLAND, HOLLAND, De Staten in opstand (1572-1581), AR provinciale leeuwendaalder, 1576, Droit: Ridder linksom kijkend met voor zich een wapen met een klimmende leeuw. Revers: Klimmende leeuw l. Zeldzaam. Gereinigd. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig'' (Netherlands, province of Holland, States Revolt (1572-81), silver lion dollar of 1576. Obverse: knight holds arms of Holland; reverse: lion rampant to left. Scarce, mounted, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This early "lion dollar" is recorded for 1575-76 only. A later version ([[Holland 1589 daalder Dav-8838|Dav-8838]]), with a modified bust of the knight, was struck for many years beginning in 1576.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.63 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 27,01 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Verk., 48, 2; Delm-830; CNM 2.28.65, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8837]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Delmonte, A., ''Le Bénélux D'or,'' Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
* 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. * Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 116,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Utrecht 1568 rijksdaalder Dav-8522]]
* [[Holland 1571 1/5 daalder|1571 1/5 ''philipsdaalder'']]
* [[Holland (1575) daalder Dav-8837|(1575) ''leeuwendaalder'', knight facing left]]
* [[Holland 1576 daalder Dav-8838|1576 ''leeuwendaalder'', knight facing right]]
* [[Holland 1578 1/2 daalder|1578 ''halve leeuwendaalder'']]
* [[Holland 1580 rijksdaalder Dav-8510|1580 ''Bourgondische rijksdaalder'']]
* [[Holland 1580 couronne d'or Fr-146]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1576]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Holland]]

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