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Latest revision as of 19:39, 7 April 2024
This specimen was lot 1340 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it sold for €200 (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, GELDERLAND, Hertogdom, Philips II (1555-1581), AR vijfde Philipsdaalder, 5566 (sic, i.p.v. 1566), Nijmegen. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Zeer zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai. (duchy of Gelderland, Philip II, 1555-81, silver fifth daalder of 1566, Nijmegen mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross with two jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Very rare, very fine.)"
This type represents a very early experiment with decimal coinage, over a century before Russia adopted her hundred kopeks = one ruble.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 6,43 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 212-6d var.; CNM 2.17.20 var.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 133, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017..
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- Brabant 1563 demi-écu philippe
- 1564 vijfde Philipsdaalder
- 1564 halve Philipsdaalder
- Flanders 1566 cinquième d'écu
- Brabant 1566 cinquième d'écu Philippe, Antwerp mint
- Brabant 1568 quart d'écu
- Artois 1582 1/5 ecu
- 1586 twintigste Philipsdaalder
- Coins and currency dated 1566
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