Holland 1769 6 stuivers
This specimen was lot 222 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,981 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOLLAND Provincie 1581 - 1795. Scheepjesschelling, 1769, Gold In goud geslagen op het gewicht van 2 dukaten. Type II, groot model. Driemaster naar rechts VIGILATE DEO CONFIDENTES.. Kz. gekroond wapen tussen waarde 6 - S, jaartal boven de kroon MO: NO: ORD: HOLL: ET WESTFRI:. Kabelrand. RR Klemsporen, licht golvend Plaatje. Prachtig. (province of Holland, 1581-1795, ship shilling of 1769, struck in gold of double ducat weight. Type II, large size. Obverse: three masted ship sails right; reverse: crowned arms divide the value, date above, cabled edge. Crimp marks from being in jewelry, very rare, slightly wavy planchet, extremely fine.)"
The regular billon Scheepjesschelling was struck 1701-05, 1708-37, 1745-54, 1759-63, 1767, while the gold version was struck 1702-03, 1709, 1722-84, 1789-94.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: regular issue: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver; presentation version: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen gold, 6.97 g.
Catalog reference: KM 45 (silver), KM 45a (gold), Delm. 816; V. 55.6; PW. 74.2.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
Links to:
- 1768 6 stuivers (scheepjesschelling), struck in gold
- 1769 ducat
- 1783 6 stuivers (scheepjesschelling), struck in gold
- Coins and currency dated 1769