Holland 1687 ducaton Dav-4930
This specimen was lot 32272 in Heritage sale 3105 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $33,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Highly Celebrated Ducaton in Gold. Holland. Provincial gold Proof Pattern Ducaton (10 Ducat or Gold Rider) 1687 UNC Details (Reverse Damage) NGC. Struck to a 10 Ducat weight using the same dies employed in the production of the silver Ducatons of the same date. A key off-metal strike, noted as a "trial in gold" by Delmonte and similarly recognized as a Pattern by the Standard Catalog of World Coins. While we encounter the occasional pocket of these highly coveted gold strikings of silver issues, rarely do we see them in such density within the same auction. Here on offer is the largest of these, full in both its quality and the impact of its expression. Exceedingly sharp as one would expect from a gold striking of this caliber and certain to land in a top-tier Dutch collection." The regular ducaton was first struck in Holland in 1659. It was struck intermittently until 1694 and then more steadily in the eighteenth century. Gold ducatons, weighing ten ducats, are noted in the SCWC for 1672-73, 1680-81 and 1687. All are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: circulation issue 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver; presentation issue 35 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 42 mm diameter, 34.32 g.
Catalog reference: regular issue KM 31, Dav-4930, the presentation issue KM-Pn19, Fr-Unl., Delm-788 (R1), CNM-2.28.84, PW-Ho45.6.
- 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.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 9 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - New York #3105, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022
Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.
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