Zwolle 1685 30 stuivers

from Schulman auction 385, lot 276

This specimen was lot 276 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it sold for €500 (about US$708 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"ZWOLLE. 30 Stuiver of daalder, 1685, Silver Staande ridder met zwaard achter gekroond stadswapen aan de voet DA PAC: DO(M:) IN DI - EB - NOSTRIS rozetje.. Kz. gekroond Zwols kruis als stadswapen tussen waardeaanduiding 30 - ST. Omschrift MO: NO: ARG: CIVIT: ZWOL I685.15.59 g. RRR. Afgezien van enkele gaatjes een uitstekend exemplaar met een mooie originele muntkleur. Prachtig +. (city of Zwolle, thirty stuivers or daalder of 1685. Obverse: Obverse: standing knight with sword supports the city arms at his feet; reverse: crowned municpal arms divide the value. Apart from a few planchet flaws, a handsome example with nice toning, choice extremely fine.)"

This one year type is rather scarce. Altho called a daalder, it is too light to compete with the silver ducats, ducatons and three gulden struck at the same time. The municipal mints' habit of coining to short weight and short alloy infuriated the Estates General, which spent most of the seventeenth century on a campaign to close them all.

Recorded mintage: 91,650.

Specification: 15.88 g, 0.961 fine silver, .490 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 88, Delm. 1095; V. 173.1; vdW. 202.

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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.

Links to:

• 1677 leeuwendaalder
• Utrecht 1685 30 stuivers
• 1686 30 stuivers
• Coins and currency dated 1685