Utrecht 1730 2 ducaton Dav-1831
The specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Utrecht 1709-36. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Utrecht, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Overyssel, West Friesland and Zeeland, not counting various local issues. The Netherlands were swallowed up in Napoleon's empire and after his fall, reconstituted as a kingdom. This specimen was lot 200 in Schulman sale 344 (Amsterdam, March 2014), where it sold for € 2,400 (about US$3,929). The catalog description[1] noted,
"piedfort dukaton of zilveren rijder. 1730. Op dubbele zwaarte. Type III. Ruiter naar rechts boven gekroond provinciewapentje met stadsschild in het hart en titel …BELG. TRAI. ❁. Kz. generaliteitswapen, jaartal in cartouche onder het wapen. Gladde rand. RR. Bijna prachtig. (piefort ducaton or silver rider of 1730, double thickness, type III. Mounted knight over crowned provincial arms; reverse: arms of the Generality, date in cartouche. Rare, nearly extremely fine.)"
The double ducatons are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 65.56 g, 0.941 fine silver, obliquely reeded edge, this specimen 64.77 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-1031a; V. vgl. 100.3; PW. 59.2; Dav-1831, KM 83.1.
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- [1]Abstil, Eddy, Andrew Abstil and Evert Philippeau, Veiling 344, Amsterdam: Schulman B.V., 2014.
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