Netherlands 2009 2 ducats

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1375

This specimen was lot 1375 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $510. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS: Beatrix, 1980-2013, AV 2 ducat, 2009, one of first 200 struck, NGC graded PF70 Ultra Cameo." This type was struck 1988-92, 1996, 1999-2012 as a revival of a coin once essential to trade. Now, all are sold to investors and collectors and they do not circulate. Similar single ducats exist.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.983 fine gold, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-211.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• 2005 double ducat
• Netherlands 2009 10 euro Fr-371, 400th anniversary of the settlement of Manhattan
• 2011 silver ducat, North Holland
• 2017 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 2009