Westfriesland 1662 silver ducat Dav-4906

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 2317

This specimen was lot 2317 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "WEST FRIESLAND: United Netherlands, AR silver ducat, 1662, reverse rotated 90 degrees, some luster, VF-EF." Silver ducats were struck in most of the provinces that today make up the Netherlands. The basic type runs 1659-1794. This subtype was struck 1659-75 and 1687 along with lion daalders (Dav-4870), rijksdaalder (Dav-4842), ducatons (Dav-4941) and three gulden (Dav-4961).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 27.69 g.

Catalog reference: KM-47, Dav-4906.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1648 leeuwendaalder
• 1649 rijksdaalder
• 1668 leeuwendaalder
• 1674 ducat
• 1676 silver ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1662