Daalder 1662, West Friesland

Description

NETHERLANDS - West Friesland.

'Lion' Daalder 1662 (48 Stuiver).

Daalder was minted to facilitate foreign trade in the 17th Century

KM14.3, mint mark Rosette.

Obverse: An armored knight looking to right with plume in helmet. A shield bearing a lion in front of his legs. Within two circles of beadwork around the rim is a version of the legend

Obverse Legend: MO . ARG . PRO . CON . FOE . BELG . WEST

Reverse: A Rampant lion facing left in center. Within two circles of bead-work around the rim is the year of issue 1662. Followed by the lily Mint Mark on top and along periphery the Latin legend.

Reverse Legend: CONFIDENS DNO: NON: MOVETVR

Silver, 27.30g, 41.5mm.

Grade: Lion daalders were usually produced from thin planchets that did not fully fill the thickness of the dies, thus they were often weakly struck.

This example is aVF.