Friesland 1696 2 gulden
This specimen was lot 245 in Schulman sale 344 (Amsterdam, March 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"2 gulden. 1696. Staande Nederlandse maagd, cursief jaartal in de afsnede. Kz. generaliteitswapen met opgevulde kroon tussen waarde 2 – GL en met titel …BELG: FRI:. Zeer scherp exemplaar. Prachtig. (two gulden of 1696. Standing Dutch maid, date below; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality divides the denomination. Very sharp example, extremely fine."
This is a one year type from the province of Friesland. Double gulden are also recorded from Gelderland (KM 66, 67, 69), Holland (KM 57, 62, 75), Overijssel (KM 62) and Westfriesland (KM 82) but the denomination doesn't seem to have caught on.
Recorded mintage: 26,796.
Specification: 21.2 g, .920 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Delm. 1157; V. 126.3, KM 53.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Abstil, Eddy, Andrew Abstil and Evert Philippeau, Veiling 344: Amsterdam, Schulman B.V., 2014.
Link to:
- Holland 1681 2 gulden
- Westfriesland 1682 2 gulden
- 1682 Koggerdaalder (30 stuivers)
- Holland 1687 2 gulden
- Friesland 1690 28 stuivers with "HOL" countermark
- Gelderland 1694 1/2 gulden
- Friesland 1696 30 stuivers = ½ 3 gulden
- Zeeland 1698 silver ducat Dav-4914
- Coins and currency dated 1696
- return to coins of Friesland