NEW BOOK: SILVER COINAGE OF THE LOW COUNTRIES

The Silver Coinage of the Low Countries
by Hugo Vanhoudt and John Saunders.

In 1967, Mr A. Delmonte wrote in the foreword to his book The Silver Benelux that since the end of the 15th century, silver was available in larger quantities primarily thanks to discoveries in the Americas. This led to the production of heavier silver coins all over the world. His book and the overview of the heavy silver coins of the Benelux was intended to support the knowledge of the collectors.

The book The Silver Coinage of the Low Countries covers the period from the 16th century until the end of the French period and describes all the types related to the Low countries. More than 300 years of silver coinage delivers a precious, artistic and attractive historical document to everyone's eye. Especially for local history, these silver coins can represent a story of wars, international contacts and exceptional economic prosperity as well as hard times.

This book is designed for collectors and dealers. It gives an overview of all types of silver coins that have been produced in the Low Countries and the Overseas territories over the period from about 1500 until 1815. The demarcation of the scope and the material has led to the title The Silver Coinage of the Low Countries. The borders of countries and regions have undergone major changes during this period, as a result of which the inclusion or exclusion of certain coins has sometimes been arbitrary. The Low Countries refer to the historical areas that were under the influence of the local rulers mainly on the current territory of the Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg) and some in the northern part of France. On the other hand, the Overseas territories are also included to complete the overview.

The most important information is given for each type of coin or silver strike: the province or issuing authority, denomination, mint, a picture or line drawing of the coin, a brief description of the obverse and the reverse design, the complete legends of the coin pictured, dates known, rarity, and price estimates. Collecting the images of some prestigious coins and of the beautiful but extremely rare oU-metal strikes in silver was quite a challenge on its own.

• 610 pages , A4 format (29,7 x 21,0 cm)
• 3232 coin types, fully illustrated in color hardboard cover
• ISBN 978-1-7356598-3-1

Price: 100 euro, excluding shipment

• Packaging and shipment within Belgium: 15 euro
• EEC: 25 euro
• Other countries: on demand

To order, please send E-mail to Hugo Vanhoudt at : vanhoudt.hugo@gmail.com

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW BOOK: GOLD COINAGE OF THE LOW COUNTRIES (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n17a03.html)

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