View source for Utrecht 1685 30 stuivers

[[Image:JE162-1172o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 162, lot 1172]]
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This specimen was lot 1172 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €100 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AR daalder van 30 stuiver, 1685. Vz/ Gekroond provinciewapen gehouden door twee leeuwen. Kz/ Gekroonde wapens van het bisdom en het graafschap Holland en daaronder van de stad Utrecht, tussen vier gekroonde wapens.'' ([[Netherlands]], [[Netherlands, Utrecht|province of Utrecht]], silver daalder of thirty stuivers of 1685. Obverse: crowned provincial arms supported by two lions; reverse: crowned arms of the bishopric and county of Holland and below that of the city of Utrecht, between four crowned arms. Very Fine.)"</blockquote> This daalder of thirty stuivers (or 1½ gulden) is noted for 1685-92 and is an obscure denomination, fitting uneasily among the half lion daalders, half rijksdaalders, half ducatons and silver half ducats. Presentation strikes exist in gold.

''Recorded mintage:'' 808,295 for 1685-88.

''Specification:'' 15.88 g, 0.906 fine silver, this specimen 15,71 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 73, Verk. 109, 4; Delm. 1086. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* 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 162: Collection Jacques Druart'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Zwolle 1685 30 stuivers]]
* [[Utrecht 1686 30 stuivers|1686 daalder of 30 stuivers]]
* [[Utrecht 1687 duit|1687 duit]]
* [[Utrecht 1688 daalder Dav-4866|1688 ''leeuwendaalder'']]
* [[Friesland 1696 30 stuivers]] = ½ 3 gulden
* [[Coins and currency dated 1685]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 162]][[Category: Coinage of the Dutch provinces]]