Zeeland 1617 daalder Dav-4872

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 39427

This specimen was lot 39427 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. Lion Daalder, 1617. PCGS Genuine--Bent, Unc Details." The leeuwendaalder and its half are famous in the numismatic world as being some of the worst struck coins in history. Most of the provinces and several of the cities struck them from the 1570's until the end of the seventeenth century. The SCWC lists this type for 1606-1658. This type overlaps the prinsen rijksdaalder of 1606-58, the silver ducat of 1659-68 and the ducaton of 1660-73, all struck to different standards. Most dates are common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-4872; KM-16.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1616 leeuwendaalder
• Utrecht 1617 leeuwendaalder
• 1618 arendsdaalder van 60 groot
• 1621 Nederlandse rijksdaalder
• 1623 leeuwendaalder
• Coins and currency dated 1617