Ferdinand van Collen, administrator of WIC, director of the Society of Suriname, mayor of Amsterdam 1708

Unknown artist

Silver
€ 1.950

Jongeling Numismatics & Ancient Art

• About the artwork
  Obverse: FERDIN. VAN. COLLEN.TOPARCH. DE. GUNTERSTEIN. DOM. IN. TIENHOVEN. PRAETOR. ET. SENATOR. AMSTEL, armoured and draped bust of Ferdinand van Collen
  Reverse: AD. CONFOEDERATOR. EXERCIT. / ORDIN. GENERAL. BELG. UNIT. / PER. ANN. MDCCVI. MDCCVII. MDCCVIII. / LEGATUS / FORTITER. ET. PRUDENTER. / RES. BELLICASSUO. CONSILIO. MODERAVIT. / PRAELIO. RAMELIENSI. INTERFUIT. / IUGAT. HOSTIB. ET. TRIB. FERE. PROVINC. SUBACT. / GALLOR. CLAD. PROP. ALDENARD. PROMOVIT. / IISDEMQ. AP. WYNENDAL. REPULSIS. LILIO. EIUSQ. CASTELLO. DEVICTIS. / BRUXELLIS. LIBERATIS. GANDAVO. RECUPERATO. / OVANS. REDIIT. AD. SUOS. / PACE. CLARUS. ET. BELLO., above it a laurel wreath interlaced with two blessing branches, below it the crowned coat of arms of Ferdinand van Collen with laurel branches on either side
  
  By Willem de Wijs
  
  VERY RARE
  
  Ferdinand van Collen (Velsen 1651 – Breukelen 30 October 1735), lord of Gunterstein and Tienhoven, was administrator of the WIC and from 1689 director of the Society of Suriname. In 1694 he was appointed to the council, in 1696 as alderman in the town hall on Dam Square. During the War of the Spanish Succession he was a deputy in the field. His job was to decode secret letters from abroad addressed to Anthonie Heinsius. Between 1709 and 1718 he was a sheriff, but was promoted to the Orphan Chamber and Treasury in 1719. Through his wife Maria de Bordes he became lord of Gunterstein and Tienhoven in 1711. Four or five generations – all named Ferdinand – would continue the tradition. From 1727 he was mayor of Amsterdam.
  
  Weight: 98.83 g
  Diameter: AR 62.0 mm
  Grade: Extremely Fine
  Reference: vL. IV 558; Vanhoudt 1708.54
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