Friesland 1690 28 stuivers

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40360

This specimen was lot 40360 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Holland - Friesland. 28 Stuivers, ND (1693). PCGS VF-30, Countermark: AU Details. Countermark: Raised HOL within rectangle indent. Applied to the obverse of a 1690 Friesland 28 Stuivers (Florin) (KM-10)." This silver florin of 28 stuivers was struck in Friesland 1601, 1614, 1665-66, 1683-91. Its crude design caused it to be heavily counterfeited, hence the countermark applied in Holland, which verified its authenticity.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.30 g, 0.765 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 10 (before countermark), KM-69.3 (with countermark).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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