1 Daalder    (sold for $124.0)

1616, Netherlands, Utrecht. Silver Lion Daalder (Dog Dollar) Coin. Sea-Salvaged?

Mint Year: 1616 Province: Utrecht (mint mark: shield) State: Netherlands (United Provinces) Denomination: Lion Dollar / Dog Dollar Reference:Delmonte 843, Davenport 4863, KM-13. Condition: Rough surfaces, suggest salt-water damage (possibly a sea-salvaged coin), a heavy hit on edge, which was straightened (that caused some planche striae due to the bending), smal digs and hits, otherwise VF-XF! Weight: 26.96gm Diameter: 42mm 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 . TRA

Reverse: Rampart lion left. Legend: CONFIDENS . DNO . NON . MOVETVR . I6I6 (barely visible, but probably that date, after some time of examination and extensive die comparing) . Translated: "Relying on God I  shall not be Confounded"

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."