Deventer 1662 silver ducat Dav-4916

Jean Elsen sale 106, lot 952

Deventer in 1648

This specimen was lot 952 in Jean Elsen sale 106 (Brussels, September 2010), where it sold for 300 euro. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"NEDERLAND, DEVENTER, Stad, AR zilveren dukaat, 1662, Muntmeesterteken: negerhoofd. Droit : Staande ridder naar radié met zwaard en stadswapen. Revers : Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Klein defect aan de rand. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig." (city of Deventer, silver ducat of 1662, Negro head mintmark. Obverse: standing knight with sword holds provincial arms; reverse: crowned arms. Small planchet defect, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.)

This type is noted for 1662-66. It is not priced higher than contemporary German thalers (the Netherlands left the Empire in 1648) but as it normally comes wretchedly struck, a VF-XF example like that shown here is equivalent to a VG-F thaler from Brunswick or Saxony.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,06g.

Catalog reference: Verk.-149, 2; Delm.-990, Davenport-4916, KM 64.1.

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]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 106, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2010.

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