Utrecht 1687 silver ducat Dav-4904
This specimen was lot 245 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it sold for €150 (about US$212 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795, Zilveren dukaat, 1687, Silver Type Ic. Staande ridder met zwaard tussen jaartal, provinciewapen aan de voet, mt. stadsschild na zwaard. Titel TRAI. Kz. gekroond generaliteitswapen, ❀ boven de kroon. Zonder binnencirkels op voor- en keerzijde. Gladde rand. Licht gepatineerd, deels originele muntkleur. Prachtig. (province of Utrecht, 1581-1795, silver ducat of 1687, type Ic. Obverse: standing knight with sword divides the date, provincial arms below; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality, mintmark above the crown, no inner circles on the obverse or reverse, plain edge. Lightly toned, extremely fine.)"
This type is listed with this mintmark for 1679-84, 1687-88 and 1692-99.
Recorded mintage: 1,702,895 for 1679-99.
Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 27.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM Delm. 981; V. 105.3; Dav-4904.
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- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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.
- 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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