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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8265014, member: 110226&quot;]Here are a few more lion daalders that I photographed today.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a very rare Zeeland lion daalder of 1589.&nbsp; Later dates do exist for this mint, in the late 1590s, but the 1589 date rarely comes up bidding or on dealers&#039; websites.</p><p><br /></p><p>The daalders from Holland for 1589 show up regularly, as do dates for the other mints in the 1590s.&nbsp; I have never seen this coin in the years that I was collecting this series.&nbsp; The Krause guide on the Davenport catalog crowns lists this date for Zeeland at a value of $600 in VF, and that was in 1982.&nbsp; Of course, this might be considered something of a niche coin, with a limited collector base, but I am glad to have it in the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dav. 8869</p><p><br /></p><p>27.13 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458140[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The next coin, from Holland, is a very scarce date, 1586. It was purchased in the same Roma E-Sale that included the 1589 Zeeland daalder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dav. 8838</p><p><br /></p><p>27.57 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458143[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin, from 1631, is from Gelderland.&nbsp; This date is scarce.&nbsp; It also has what I call a &quot;lazy 3&quot; in the date, possibly due to a punch that lacked the upper bar of the 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dav. 4849</p><p><br /></p><p>26.40 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458144[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The final coin comes from Friesland.&nbsp; The lion daalders from this mint generally tend to be quite crudely produced, most due to pretty bad strikes.&nbsp; This coin, dated 1604, has plenty of crudeness, but it is also quite high grade, especially for this mint.&nbsp; Additionally, there are some deposits speckled on both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dav. 4852</p><p><br /></p><p>27.46 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458146[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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