Utrecht 1724 ducat Fr-285

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Ponterio sale 152, lot 7310
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen was lot 7310 in Ponterio sale 152 (New York, January 2010), where it sold for $718.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Utrecht. Ducat, 1724. Akerendam. NGC MS-62." This Dutch ducat was recovered from the wreck of the Akerendam in 1972; the SCWC notes that "all known 1724 ducats are from the wreck of the Akerendam and are VF or better condition." The type is recorded from Utrecht 1702-94; each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins. KM 7.1 covers the hammered issues of 1649-1743 while KM 7.4 covered the milled ducats of 1679-1794.

Recorded mintage: 6,505[2].

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-285; KM 7.1.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 152: The 2010 NYINC Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

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