Utrecht 1696 silver ducat Dav-4904
This specimen was lot 34805 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Utrecht. Provincial silver Ducat 1696 MS64 NGC. Smooth and lustrous fields set against devices which are fairly bold for the type, with a hint of amber tone along the obverse periphery near 2 o'clock." Silver ducats were struck in Utrecht and other Dutch provinces until 1794 and are the most common large Dutch silver coin. Simultaneous with the silver ducat (48 stuivers) was the "prince" daalder (40 stuivers), Lion daalder (48 stuivers), the three gulden (60 stuivers) and the ducaton (silver rider). The catalog does not explain why so many different large silver coins were felt to be necessary. This subtype without inner circles is listed for 1679-88, 1692-99.
Recorded mintage: 1,702,895 for 1679-99.
Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 65, Dav-4904.
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- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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