Kampen 1653 daalder Dav-4879
This specimen was lot 2025 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €160 (about US$222 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, KAMPEN, Stad, AR leeuwendaalder, 1653. Vz/ Ridder rechtsom kijkend met voor zich wapen met klimmende leeuw. Kz/ Klimmende leeuw l. Gereinigd. (Netherlands, city of Kampen, silver lion dollar of 1653. Obverse: knight supports a shield with lion rampant left; reverse: lion rampant left. Cleaned, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
"Lion" daalders were struck in the town of Kampen and other Dutch provinces until 1697 but are seldom seen in collectible condition. This subtype is listed for 1646, 1650-57, 1662-64. Simultaneous with the Lion daalder (48 stuivers) was the "prince" daalder (40 stuivers, Dav-4985), the silver ducat (also 48 stuivers, Dav-4918), the three gulden (60 stuivers) and the ducaton (silver rider, Dav-4945). The catalog does not explain why so many different large silver coins were felt to be necessary. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 26,80 g.
Catalog reference: KM 35.2, Dav-4879, Verk. 163, 1; Delm-862.
- 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, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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