Holland 1746 2 ducats Fr-248

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Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 78242
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This specimen was lot 78242 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $4,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Holland. 2 Ducat, 1746. Dordrecht Mint. PCGS MS-62. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This subtype was struck 1671-74, 1687, 1694, 1716-48. Double ducats were struck for the province of Holland until 1793.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.93 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-248; KM-47.1.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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