Rijksdaalder 1610 variety with CONORDIA in stead of CONCORDIA (Delm. 947/R1 / CNM 2.16.61 / HPM Fr 40) - 28.29 gram - weak strike - VF - rare

Rijksdaalder 1611 mm. Lion (Delm. 947/R1 / CNM 2.16.61 / HPM Fr 40) - 28.38 gram - VF - rare (ex collection Vinkenborg)

1/2 Zilveren Rijder 1662 mm. Lion (CNM 2.16.70 / HPM Fr 43 / Delm. 1056 /RR) - 15.02 gram - corrosion - VG - very rare and only sold once by us before (ex collection Vinkenborg)

Zilveren Rijder 1662 mm. Lion (CNM 2.16.69 / HPM Fr 42 / Delm. 1033) - 32.32 gram - VF - RR - very rare (ex collection Vinkenborg)

Gouden Friese Rijder 1598 (CNM 2.16.4 / Delm. 1008 / HPM Fr 05 / VH&S 1461 R2) - 3.30 gram - Obv. Knight on horseback with city arms Leeuwarden below / Rev. Crowned provincial arms - VF - very rare (ex collection Vinkenborg)

Gouden Dukaat 1611 mm. Lion (CNM 2.16.14 / HPM Fr 11 / Delm. 1013) - 3.41 gram - VF+ - very rare (ex collection Vinkenborg)

Gouden Dukaat 1640 OVER 1630, no mm. (CNM 2.16.14 / HPM Fr 11 / Delm. -, cf. Delm. 1013 R3 / VH&S 1476 R4) - 3.48 gram - overdate clearly visible - VF/XF - Of the highest rarity and never sold by us before

Florijn of Klapmuts van 28 Stuivers 1614, Leeuwarden OFF-METAL STRIKE IN GOLD (Delm. 1021 R3 / CNM 2.16.76 / VH&S 1486 R3 ) - Gold 39,02 grams - Obv. 'Frisian nobleman' with sword NISI DOMNVS NOBISCVM 1-614 mm. lion / Rev. Crowned provincial arms FLORENVS ARGENT ORDINVM FRISI mm. lion - XF, well-struck for the type - of the absolute highest rarity, only a few examples known. Ex Coenen Collection, Ex. UBS Gold & Silver sale 48, 25/27 Jan. 2000, lot 863. The Florijn or 28 Stuiver and its minors initially were an exclusively Frisian phenomenon. Its introduction in 1601, based on the new push from the estates general towards a unified coinage that year, was initially met with a moderate success. The design was based upon the earlier Frisian arendrijksdaalders and sports the same characteristic image of what has been termed the ‘Frisian nobleman’ or alternatively the ‘Frisian farmer’. The contemporary mint-instructions however simply speak of an ‘old Frisian’, an anonymous portrait chosen to symbolize the medieval Frisian liberty within the context of the newly won independence from Spanish rule. Its superficial likeness to the Saxon portrait thalers of the mid-16th century, which enjoyed significant popularity in circulation in both the German lands and onwards, was chosen to emulate said popularity. In 1614, the mint in Leeuwarden, sometimes still using altered dies from 1601 or 1604, began a second emission of Florijnen. This directly led to the wave of numerous Florijnen from the imperial cities in the middle of the 1610’s of the well-known imperial eagle. Gold-off metal strikes were produced with both the altered 1601/1614 dies, as well as the new 1614 dies of slightly higher workmanship. The piece on offer here is struck with said new dies and presents a unique offering of an early Frisian off-metal strike seldomly seen on the market.