Utrecht 1604 ducat Fr-284
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This specimen was lot 75029 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Utrecht. Ducat, 1604/3. NGC AU-50. A wholesome, sharply struck and well centered Ducat, with a wavy flan as is usual for the type. The overdate is bold." This type was struck 1586-1624 and 1629-48 and is fairly common. Ducats with slight variations in this design were struck at Utrecht until the collapse of the Republic in 1794.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-284; KM-7.1.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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