Overijssel 1631 ducat Fr-268
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This specimen was lot 877 in Sincona sale 69 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"THE NETHERLANDS | Overijssel, Provinz. Dukat 1631. Selten. Fast vorzüglich. Geprägt mit verbrauchtem Vorderseitenstempel. (Netherlands, province of Overijssel, ducat of 1631. Rare, About extremely fine, Struck with worn obverse die.)"
Ducats were struck in all of the provinces that today make up the Netherlands. This type is recorded in the SCWC for Overijssel for 1603-16, 1630-40, 1646, 1660-66.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7, Delmonte 1054 (R1-R2), Fr-268.
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- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- 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.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 69, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction and Chinese Banknotes, Part 1, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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