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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8266491, member: 110226&quot;]That&#039;s a nice 1576 Holland lion daaler, very well struck with a bold date! </p><p><br /></p><p>Campen must have struck large numbers of these coins in the 1680s - 90s, since they the ones that show up from time to time on the market for that decade.&nbsp; It also seems that the flan quality also took a nose dive in that period, with noticeably porous flans.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin from 1692, with the typical wide flan (43mm) for the period.&nbsp; It is also the next to last date of lion daalder production for Campen.&nbsp; Note the porosity of the metal on both sides, the result of poor flan preparation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dav. 4879</p><p><br /></p><p>26.70 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458570[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll look for my plated Italian half lion daalder today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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