Overijssel 1733 ducat Fr-269
This specimen was lot 762 in Sincona Auction 103 (Zürich, May 2026), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,219 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NIEDERLANDE Overijssel, Provinz. Dukat 1733. Sehr selten. Sehr schön. Knapper Schrötling. Knickspur. (Netherlands, province of Overijssel, ducat of 1733, Very rare, Very Fine, Small flan, Bent.)"
The ducats of this province are scarce. The SCWC and Friedberg both divide the ducats of Overijssel into early (hammered) and late (milled) types but don't agree on the date when the transition occurred. Friedberg mentions 1702-48 for the late type (Fr-269) whereas KM lists 1733, 1738 and 1748 for the late type (KM 82). This specimen doesn't fit either category as the diework is not as crude as the 1705 shown in the SCWC which is, in any case, a ducat of Utrecht ("TRA") rather than Overijssel ("TRANSI") but the planchet is not properly round.
Recorded mintage: 46,830.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 82, Vanhoudt/Saunders 1530 (R3). Delmonte 1056. Fr-268.
- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Michael Hardmeier, Michael Otto, Arne Kirsch, Ruedi Kunzmann and Timur Demirai, SINCONA Auction 103: World and Swiss coins and medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2026.
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