Utrecht 1656 2 ducats Fr-282
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This specimen was lot 2666 in Goldberg sale 87 (Los Angeles, September 2015), where it sold for $1,028.12. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Utrecht. 2 Ducats, 1656. Standing knight. Reverse: Tablet with legend. Slight double striking on obverse. NGC graded AU-58." This type was struck throughout the eighteenth century until 1794 but remains expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-282; KM-42.
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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.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 87: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.
- 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.
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