Zutphen 1605 2 stuivers

Jean Elsen sale 162, lot 1189

This specimen was lot 1189 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €700 (about US$970 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"NEDERLAND, ZUTPHEN, Stad, AR dubbele stuiver, 1605. Vz/ Gebloemd kruis met burchtwapen in het hart. Kz/ Gekroond stadswapen in een achtpas. Zeldzaam. (Netherlands, city of Zutphen, silver double stuiver of 1605. Obverse: floriate cross with city arms in the center; reverse: crowned city arms in an octolobe. Rare, Very Fine.)"

Zutphen is in the province of Gelderland, near Deventer. 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. This issue of 1605 was accompanied by a single stuiver (KM 5), hlaf stuiver (KM 6) and copper duit (KM 5), none common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4 g, silver, this specimen 1,81 g.

Catalog reference: KM 4, Verk. 27, 1; CNM 2.51.9.

Sources:

• 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

Link to:

• Gelderland 1601 6 stuivers (roosschelling)
• Groningen 1605 2 stuivers
• Zutphen 1687 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1605