Lot 765
Netherlands -- Utrecht. Lion Daalder, 1648. Dav-4863; Delm-845. Knight over crest. Reverse: Lion rampant to left. Boldly struck and lustrous on a large flan with full legends right to the rims. NGC graded MS-61.
For the Dutch, the archetypal trade coin was the Lionthaler, or Leeuwendaalder, with the first specimens appearing in 1575 during Holland's War of Independence against Spain. The seven free provinces struck their various versions. Originally intended as a local currency, through the travels of Dutch maritime traders it became one of the most widely used trade coins in the Mediterranean, and especially in the Levant. As with the later Maria Theresa Thalers, success bred imitation. A number of countries struck their own replicas of the coin, notably Italy and the German states. This style is the prototype, for all those imitations.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
Ex Irving Goodman Collection; Illustrated in Money of The World, coin 109.
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