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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick2, post: 988031, member: 27153&quot;]its correct a bourgundische rijksdaler from gelderland , which at the time was one of the seven dutch provinces that just seceded from the spanish netherlands.</p><p>the cross of burgundy is carachteristics of all the issue from the spanish netherlands and had been used since the 1550 (if i m correct) it is still used in the late 1700 with austrian issue of burgundian thalers.</p><p><br /></p><p>i do not think your coin was used in the us colonies , these coins were mainly for local circulation at the time.</p><p>during the 1600s the VOC establishes a flourishing trade with Asia but uses mainly spanish pillar dollars and dutch ducatoon to reexport towards china.</p><p><br /></p><p>i dont even think it was used in NY when it was dutch as the supply of silver for local circulation would have come from the spanish mints</p><p><br /></p><p>regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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