Overyssel 1734 ducaton Dav-1829
The specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Overijssel. Double ducatons (Dav-1828) exist but are very rare. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Overyssel, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Utrecht, West Friesland and Zeeland, not counting various local issues. The Netherlands were swallowed up in Napoleon's empire and after his fall, reconstituted as a kingdom. The second specimen was lot 1867 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €650 (about US$842 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, OVERIJSSEL, Provincie, AR dukaton of zilveren rijder, 1734. Met kraanvogel en roosje als muntmeesterteken. Vz/ Rijder te paard n. r., springend over het provinciewapen. Kz/ Generaliteitswapen gehouden door twee leeuwen. Defect in de muntplaat. Uit het wrak van 't Vliegent Hart. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (Netherlands, province of Overijssel, silver ducaton or silver rider of 1734, rose mintmark. Obverse: mounted knight leaps right over the provincial arms; reverse: arms of the Generality supported by two lions. Planchet defect, salvaged from the wreck of the Vliegenthart, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown but not a rare date.
Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver, .991 troy oz ASW, obliquely reeded edge. The second specimen is 32,57 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-1829, KM 80, Verk. 136, 1; Delm-1036.
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- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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