Netherlands, Deventer: 1683-1691
Silver Ryder-Schelling
A silver Ryder Schelling of the City of
Deventer Overijssel,
Netherlands having on the reverse a Knight on horseback galloping
right holds a sword upright.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | 6 Stuiver |
| Alloy | Silver.583 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 27.3 mm |
| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
| Weight Legal | 4.71 gms |
| Weight | 3.39 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| Die-Axis | -90° |
| Mint | Deventer |
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| DEL# NL-Overijssel-Deventer-KM#78
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Obverse: Crowned city arms of Deventer: Eagle with head turned to right, with
wings and legs spread out divides value 6 S (6 Stuivers).
Digits of year of issue 1 6 8 8 divided by top of crown.
Along periphery within dash circle Latin legend: MO·NO·ARG·CIV·DAVENTRIÆ. Expands to
Moneta Nova Argenta City Daventriæ.
Translation: "New Silver coin of the City of Deventer".
Reverse: Knight on horseback galloping right, holds a sword
upright.
Along periphery Latin legend: CONCORDIA·RES·PARVÆ·CRESCVNT., with mint mark Sitting dog,
along periphery within dash circle.
Translates to "In harmony small things grow" (Sallust, Roman historian).
Codrington X§26 Schelling(v) calls them Staten or Plakaat
Schelling but describes them as having a knight on horseback. He
lists coins from United Provinces Utrecht 1679, 1680, 1691; Kampen
1691; Deventer 1686 1690; and Zutphen are found in in Lanka.
The date which is not clear in scan needed to be read under 10X magnification
of original coin on which it is clearer.
See also online image of much higher grade
coin.
The Fine condition coin was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 250 dpi.
The coin is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection I purchased in 2016 December.