Netherlands 1903 ducat

CNG Lissner sale, lot 712

This specimen was lot 712 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,932.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Trade coinage. AV Ducat. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: halberd and winged caduceus. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake, mintmaster. Dated 1903. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Highest ever graded for the date and a gem prooflike BU. Extremely scarce date. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1998." 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.

Recorded mintage: 90,824; this is a very rare date. A 1903/01 overdate exists.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, 20.5-21 mm diameter. This specimen 21 mm diameter, 3.44 g, 1h axis.

Catalog reference: KM 83.1; Y 15; Sch-759.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.

Link to:

• 1899 ducat
• 1903 ½ cent
• 1903 10 cents
• 1905 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1903
• return to coins of the Netherlands
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands