Westfriesland 1795 3 gulden Dav-1853

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43065

This specimen was lot 43065 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. West Friesland. 3 Gulden, 1795. Enkhuizen Mint. PCGS MS-63. 'BELG:WESTF' on legend." This type was struck without mintmark 1714, 1776, 1781, 1785-86, 1791-94 for the United Provinces and 1795-96 for the Batavian Republic. Its face value was 60 stuivers. The later dates are common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 31.82 g, 0.920 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-1853; KM-9.4 (under Batavian Republic).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
• 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 January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

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