Netherlands 1801 silver ducat
This specimen is lot 1173 on Jean Elsen price list 250 (Brussels, Oct/Dec 2009), where it was offered at €125 (about US$185). The catalog description noted,
"NEDERLAND, De Bataafse Republiek (1795-1806), AR zilveren dukaat, 1801, Utrecht. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, Batavian Republic (1765-1806), silver ducat, Utrecht mint, very fine.)"
In 1795 the revolutionary armies of France invaded and occupied the United Provinces and reorganized it into the puppet Batavian Republic, which survived until 1806, when Napoleon installed his brother Louis on the newly created throne of the Kingdom of Holland, which lasted only until 1810. After Napoleon's fall in 1814, William I, of the old house of Orange, was made king.
Recorded mintage: 253,925 (includes Utrecht, Holland and Gelderland).
Specification: 28.07 g, 0.868 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Sch-70a; Delm-982, KM 10.4, Dav-225.
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- 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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