Two Collector Issues by Becker
CNG 108, Lot: 1044. Estimate $200.
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DUTCH REVOLT (Nederlandse Opstand), Low Countries. Brussel. Blockaded by the Spanish, 1584-1585. Pewter 2 Gulden Klippe (27x30mm, 8.36 g). Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830). Dated
[15]84. 84/x D x O x Mx/BRVXEL/LA + CON:/FIRMA:/Z G in six lines within quadrate / Blank. Hill 337 var. (issue with additional stamp); cf. Vanhoudt I 277 (for original issue in silver); cf. Gelder,
Noodmunten, 188 (same); cf. Delmonte,
Argent 224 (same); cf. Maillet 8
2 (same); Lasser –. VF, toned.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.93662 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 752.
