Overijssel 1683 6 stuivers

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75490

This specimen was lot 75490 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 6 Stuivers, ND (1693). PCGS FINE-12; Countermark: Very Fine Details. Bundle of arrows countermark applied to obverse of 1683 Overyssel 6 Stuivers. This pleasing representative of a relatively less common countermark delivers much allure, with retained beauty throughout the surfaces." The host coin, which the SCWC attributes to the town of Zwolle, was struck 1680-83 and 1691. This one was counterstamped with a bundle of arrows in 1693, indicating that it was of acceptable weight to continue to circulate. The counterstamp is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver.

Catalog reference: host coin: KM 85. with counterstamp: KM-2.3.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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