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MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Antoine de Paule. Grandmaster, 1623-1636. AR Halve Leeuwendaalder (32mm, 13.63 g). Coat-of-arms countermarked on a 1618 Dutch Half Leeuwendaalder of West-Friesland. Gatt p. xx; Restelli & Sammut pl. LXXXIX, 4 (this coin illustrated); KM –. For host: CNM 2.46.25. Toned, official test cut. Countermark EF, host VF
. Very rare countermark, especially on a fractional host coin.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Baldwin's 87 (7 May 2014), lot 1708; Felice Restelli Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 58, 4 April 2011), lot 188; J. Schulman (20 November 1972), lot 1999.
Upon his election as Grand Master, Antoine de Paule learned that many local and foreign gold and silver coins then circulating on the island were well below their correct weight because of filing or clipping; some were also counterfeit issues. The result was that daily transactions were slowed significantly by the resulting haggling, due to the wide variances in the currency. To counteract this problem, some foreign issues, such as this Leeuwendaalder, were counter marked with the Grand Master's coat of arms, thereby signifying that such marked coinage was at the time considered of correct weight and authenticity to circulate on the island.
. Very rare countermark, especially on a fractional host coin.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Baldwin's 87 (7 May 2014), lot 1708; Felice Restelli Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 58, 4 April 2011), lot 188; J. Schulman (20 November 1972), lot 1999.
Upon his election as Grand Master, Antoine de Paule learned that many local and foreign gold and silver coins then circulating on the island were well below their correct weight because of filing or clipping; some were also counterfeit issues. The result was that daily transactions were slowed significantly by the resulting haggling, due to the wide variances in the currency. To counteract this problem, some foreign issues, such as this Leeuwendaalder, were counter marked with the Grand Master's coat of arms, thereby signifying that such marked coinage was at the time considered of correct weight and authenticity to circulate on the island.