Utrecht 1606 ducat Fr-284
This specimen was lot 1041 in Jean Elsen sale 139 (Brussels, December 2018), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,001 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AV dukaat met de ridder, 1606. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en pijlenbundel. Kz/ Tekst in versierd vierkant. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, gold ducat of 1606. Obverse: standing knight with sword and bundle of arrows; reverse: text in four lines. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck in Utrecht steadily from 1587 to 1794 without any significant design change.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: Verk. 98, 3; Delm-963, Fr-284; KM-7.1.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 139, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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