Overijssel 1676 silver ducat Dav-4899

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3544

This specimen was lot 3544 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $238. The catalog description^[1] noted, "OVERIJSSEL: Province, AR silver ducat, 1676, rose mintmark, crude flan, natural flan porosity, a few small scratches, usual uneven strike, some luster, VF to EF." This scarce type of 1676-77 is shown in the SCWC with a line drawing. The succeeding silver ducat (Dav-4920) moved the date to the top of the reverse.

Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 27.91 g.

Recorded mintage: 15,820 for 1676-77.

Catalog reference: KM-36.2, Delmonte-986, Dav-4919.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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