Holland 1671 ducaton Dav-4931
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This specimen was lot 31614 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $8,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "Holland. Provincial Ducat 1671 MS62 Prooflike NGC. Wonderful old collection toning with glassy prooflike surfaces and plenty of mint luster. A superb piece with a bold, sharp strike." This is actually a ducaton, one of a type struck 1671-72. It varies from the later and more common issue (Dav-4932) by having a beaded circle around the knight and a lettered edge.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver, .991 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 46, Dav-4931.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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.
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