(sold for $61.0)

1618, Netherlands, West Friesland. Silver Lion Daalder (Dog Dollar) Coin. aVF!

Mint Year: 1618 Mint Place: Enkhuizen (West Friesland) Condition: Weakly struck reverse, otherwise a well-circulated about VF! Reference: Davenport 4870, KM-14.1. Scarce 2-year variety with date in fields! Denomination: Lion Dollar / Dog Dollar (Leeuwendaalder in Dutch), also 48 Stuiver Weight: 26.67gm Diameter: 41mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Standing knight left, head right, in front of his legs arms shield bearing a standing lion. Legend: MO . ARG . PRO . CON - FOE . BELG . WESTF

Reverse: Heraldic lion left with long ornate S-like tail. Legend: CONFIDENS . DNO NON . MOVETVR . 16-18 (privy mark) Translated: "Relying on God I shall not be confounded!"

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The lion dollar circulated throughout the Middle East and was imitated in several German and Italian cities. It was also popular in the Dutch East Indies as well as in the Dutch New Netherlands Colony (New York). The lion dollar also circulated throughout the English colonies during the Seventeenth and early Eighteenth centuries. Examples circulating in the colonies were usually fairly well worn so that the design was not fully distinguishable, thus they were sometimes referred to as "dog dollars."