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This specimen was lot 72523 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands|NETHERLANDS]]. [[Netherlands, Nijmegen|Nijmegen]]. 6 Stuiver (Rijderschelling), 1690. NGC MS-62. Despite some striking weakness, which is rather typical for the type, this Mint State specimen offers a wholesome overall appearance with light gray surfaces." This type was struck 1685-91 along with other mintmarks.
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This specimen was lot 72523 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands|NETHERLANDS]]. [[Netherlands, Nijmegen|Nijmegen]]. 6 Stuiver (Rijderschelling), 1690. NGC MS-62. Despite some striking weakness, which is rather typical for the type, this Mint State specimen offers a wholesome overall appearance with light gray surfaces." This type was struck 1685-91 along with other mintmarks. 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.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 4 December 2025

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 72523
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 72523 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Nijmegen. 6 Stuiver (Rijderschelling), 1690. NGC MS-62. Despite some striking weakness, which is rather typical for the type, this Mint State specimen offers a wholesome overall appearance with light gray surfaces." This type was struck 1685-91 along with other mintmarks. 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: unknown.

Specification: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-26.1.

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, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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