CNG 87, Lot: 1678. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hessen-Kassel (Landgrafschaft). Wilhelm VI. Count, 1637-1663. AR Schiffstaler (43mm, 28.99 g, 7h). Kassel mint; Arnold Gall, mintmaster. Dated 1655. WILHELM : D G : LANDG : HASS : PRINC : HERSF : COM : CATz · DIETz · ZIGEN : NID · & · SCHa ·, crowned coat-of-arms / VELA VENTIS HIS LEVANTUR, ship under sail left on sea; above, three personifications of the wind blowing cannon barrel, Bible, and scales from the clouds. Schütz 1086; Davenport 6783 (same dies as coin illustrated); KM 232.4. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.