Netherlands 1923 ducat

CNG Lissner sale, lot 722

This specimen was lot 722 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: seahorse and winged caduceus. Dr. C. Hoitsema, mintmaster. Dated 1923. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Scarce date. Only coin ever graded. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1992." 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 after World War One. This date is scarce.

Recorded mintage: 106,674; this is a better date.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.983 fine gold, 20.5-21 mm diameter. This specimen 20 mm diameter, 3.49 g, 12h axis.

Catalog reference: Fr-352, KM 83.1; Y 15; Sch-774.

Source:

• 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.
• 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, 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.

Link to:

• 1922 ducat
• 1923 gulden
• 1924 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1923
• return to coins of the Netherlands
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands