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Rare 1580 Frisian coin sells for record €369,000
A rare gold coin from Friesland sold for €369,000 at an auction in IJsselstein.
The half Philip’s daler was minted in 1580, during the Dutch Revolt, also known as the Eighty Years’ War.
It shows Philip II, then king of Spain and ruler of the Spanish Netherlands.
Such coins were struck only rarely in Friesland, and the gold coin’s buyer has not been identified.
The sale made it the most expensive provincial coin ever sold in the Netherlands.
Only two silver half Philip’s dalers from Friesland are known today.
The coin was last displayed in 1877 in Leeuwarden, and no further plans for it were reported.
A rare gold half Philip’s daalder from Friesland sold for €369,000 at auction.
The sale set a record for the most expensive Dutch provincial coin ever sold.
The coin dates from 1580 and was auctioned in IJsselstein.
Heritage Auctions Europe did not disclose the buyer.
The coin was last exhibited in 1877, in Leeuwarden.
- Who
- Heritage Auctions Europe auctioned the coin; the buyer was not disclosed.
- What
- A gold half Philip’s daalder from 1580 sold for €369,000, a record for a Dutch provincial coin.
- When
- The sale date is not stated. Reports were published on 12 November 2026.
- Where
- The auction was held in IJsselstein.
- Why
- Not stated
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The coin was last exhibited in Leeuwarden, when it belonged to former mayor Rengers.
Reports said the coin had sold at auction for €369,000; the sale date was not stated.
- Sale price
- €369,000
- Coin
- Gold half Philip’s daalder
- Year on coin
- 1580
- Auction location
- IJsselstein
- Record
- Most expensive Dutch provincial coin ever sold