Hollandia (Netherlands) 16xx 2 stuiver [решено]

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I got this coin on eBay and the seller (apparently unknowingly) had it mislabeled as 18'th century. However it appear to be an earlier KM-27 type minted through 17'th century. While the date is not visible, can someone verify and suggest the real scarcity (Numista rarity 94) and [resell] value as Krause's US$2 @VG seems ridiculous in light of the fact that I could not find any coin of that type on the main (US), Dutch (ebay.nl) or German (.de) eBay sites and a single dateless (and sans picture) coin at the ma-shops.com.
Diameter of the uneven flan averages to 20 mm and the weight is 1.5 gr on my somewhat reliable electronic scales.

Looks to me like a Hollandia (province of Dutch Republic) 2 Stuivers, struck regularly 1614-1620, then 1628 and 1670. 0.583 Silver, so the yellow color is understandable. KM#27. You will find one quite like it in Numista under: Coins from the Dutch Republic > then scroll down to: Holland - Gulden (1581-1795) > then scroll down to the 10th result, and there it is.
The NRI doesn't really show the scarcity of a coin, just the scarcity among Numista members. I find that many of them -like me- don't specialize in older coins but more modern issues as shown by the number of modern vs older coins available for swap. (Disclaimer: This is a simple observation, not a thorough analysis 8.).
The value of a coin, as with most items, is dictated by the scarcity but also by the desirability -in the condition of the item-. If no one is willing to pay more than 2$ for it, then that's its value; if someone offers you $200, then that's its value. Plain and simple.
Coin enthusiast, always learning
Thank you both for the advice and opinion. I'll keep the topic for a few days in case someone else would want to add and then set it to resolve as it concurs with my observations as well.
Статус изменён на Решено (sandy3075, 23 Янв 2021, 19:08)
Hello!

I own 2 years of this type (1614 and 1616), quality VG, and estimate the value of mine around 8,-
Because your date is not really visible I can't estimate the value.

It is still a very nice coin to own!

Gr. Michael
Special interest in Coins from the Low countries (Feudal-present). Former numista referee for Low Countries Feudal, Burgundian Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands, Dutch Republic, Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies.

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