Netherlands 1849 ducat

CNG Lissner sale, lot 710

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 45642

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 710 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $968. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Trade coinage. AV Ducat. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: sword and winged caduceus. H.A. van den Wall Bake, mintmaster. Dated 1849. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65. Superb choice BU. Only one graded higher. Purchased from Bowers & Ruddy, April 1974." The second specimen was lot 45642 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $552. The catalog description^[2] noted, "RUSSIA. Ducat, 1849. St. Petersburg Mint. Nicholas I. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Sword privy mark. An imitation of a Netherlands Ducat, struck in Russia. A well detailed coin with reflective fields and some spots of frosty luster." The Netherlands was the last country to strike ducats on a regular basis. This type was struck 1814-1937, many of which were made in Russia, indistinguishable from Utrecht mint issues. This is the last year for which Russian strikes are known.

Recorded mintage: 4,764,344, mostly Russian; this is a common date.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, 20.5-21 mm diameter. The first specimen is 20 mm diameter, 3.48 g, 11h axis.

Catalog reference: Fr-161; Bit-35; KM 83.1; Y 15; Sch-563.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
• ^[1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
• ^[2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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