Dutch Daalder 1649

Description

NETHERLANDS - KAMPEN.

'Lion' Daalder 1649 (48 Stuiver).

Overijssel provence.

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

KM42.2, mint mark Lily.

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 . AR . CIVI . IMP . BELG . CAMPEN

Reverse: A Rampant lion facing left in center. Within two circles of bead-work around the rim is the year of issue 1649. Followed by the lily Mint Mark on top and along periphery the Latin legend.

Reverse Legend: CONFIDENS DNO: NON: MOVETVR

Silver, 26.80g, 42mm.

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 Fine.