Gelderland 1766 ducat Fr-238
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This specimen was lot 71348 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Gelderland. Ducat, 1766. PCGS MS-61 Secure Holder. Only one graded at PCGS. Well struck with soft satin luster." The type is recorded from Gelderland 1708-18, 1730-50, 1758-63, 1766-69, 1786, 1791-93; each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins. Gelderland ducats are quite a bit less common than those of Utrecht or Holland.
Recorded mintage: 103,000 for 1766-69.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-238; KM-78.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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