Netherlands 1917 ducat
This specimen was lot 719 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $847. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Trade coinage. AV Ducat. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: seahorse and winged caduceus. Dr. C. Hoitsema, mintmaster. Dated 1917. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Choice UNC. None graded higher. Ex Ponterio 96 (26 September 1998), lot 174." The Netherlands was the last country to strike ducats on a regular basis. This type was struck 1814-1937. Netherlands was one of the few countries to continue minting gold thru World War One. Altho the mintage of this year is lower than many of the rare dates of the previous thirty years, it is common.
Recorded mintage: 216,892; this is a common date.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, 20.5-21 mm diameter. This specimen 20 mm diameter, 3.49 g, 12h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 83.1; Y 15; Sch-770.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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