Holland 1673 4 ducats Fr-257

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Sincona sale 25, lot 2048

This specimen was lot 2048 in Sincona sale 25 (Zürich, October 2015), where it sold for 13,000 CHF (about US$16,058 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"4 Ducats 1673. Knight in armour to r. with shouldered sword between the divided date. Rev. Tablet with five lines of inscription. Of great rarity. Extremely fine-uncirculated. Unusually attractive conservation. This multiple ducat was struck from gold owned by the citizens during the French occupation of the province of Holland."

This type is listed in Friedberg along with single, triple, 3½, 4½ and five ducats, all struck in 1673 as French armies approached.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 13.41 g.

Catalog reference: Delm-779 (R3). Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 15,4 var. Fr-257, KM-13.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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]Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, Numismatic Rarities, Auction 25, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015.

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