Utrecht 1607 ducat Fr-284
This specimen was lot 1869 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €380 (about US$492 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AV dukaat met de ridder, 1607. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en pijlenbundel. Kz/ Tekst in versierd vierkant. Lichte dubbelslag. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, gold ducat of the knight of 1607. Obverse: standing knight right with sword and bundle of arrows; reverse: four lines of text. Slightly double struck, Very Fine.)"
This ducat was struck with this mintmark 1602-24, 1629-48. The SCWC awards no premium for this date. Ducats were struck until the end of the republic without significant change. Note the extremely crude overdate, 1607/5.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7.1, Verk. 98, 3; Delm-963; Fr-284.
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- 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
- 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 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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