View source for Thorn 1569 rijksdaalder Dav-8672

[[Image:Thorn 1569 rijksdaalder obv JElsen 118-971.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 118, lot 971]]
[[Image:Thorn 1569 rijksdaalder rev JElsen 118-971.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 971 in Jean Elsen sale 118 (Brussels, September 2013), where it sold for €350 (about US$552 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''THORN, Abdij, Margaretha van Brederode (1557-1577), AR rijksdaalder, 1569, Met titel van Maximiliaan II. Droit: Versierd wapenschild met vier leeuwen tussen M-DB, onder de Madonna met kind tussen het jaartal. Revers: Gekroonde rijksarend. Zeldzaam. Gereinigd. bijna Zeer Fraai'' (abbey of Thorn, Margaret of Brederode (1557-77), silver rijksdaalder of 1569, in the name of Maximilian II. Obverse: quartered arms supported by lions while the Madonna and Child divide the date; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Rare, mounted, about very fine.)"</blockquote> Davenport lists this type for 1569-70.

Wikipedia notes, "the Abbey of Thorn was an imperial abbey of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now the Netherlands. It was founded in the 10th century and remained independent until 1794, when it was occupied by French troops. The self-ruling abbey enjoyed imperial immediacy and belonged to the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. The population in 1796 was 2,975 inhabitants." The members of the abbey were not nuns but secular canonesses from the high nobility.

''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28,10 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Delm-774; v.d.Ch., 18, 21; Lucas, 43; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8672]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 118,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2013.

''Link to:''
* [[Thorn 1557 daalder Dav-8665]]
* [[Aachen 1568 thaler Dav-8902]]
* [[Thorn 1569 1/2 rijksdaalder|1569 ''halve rijksdaalder'']]
* [[Nijmegen 1569 rijksdaalder Dav-8550|Nijmegen 1569 ''arendrijksdaalder'']]
* [[Stavelot 1569 rixdaler Dav-8664]]
* [[Thorn 1570 rijksdaalder Dav-8672]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1569]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish|Spanish Netherlands]]

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