Utrecht 1739 duit
This specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Utrecht 1702-69 and 1780. This denomination was also struck in silver and gold for presentation. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Utrecht, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Overijssel, 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. The second specimen was lot 568 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"NIEDERLANDE, UTRECHT, Stadt. Goldabschlag zu 2 Dukaten von den Stempeln des Ku.-Duit 1739. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung SP 64 (38344618). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar von polierten Stempeln. Fast Stempelglanz. (Netherlands, city of Utrecht, off metal strike in gold of two ducats weight using the dies of a copper duit of 1739. Graded PCGS SP64. Extremely rare, choice example with polished fields, about uncirculated.)"
Recorded mintage: 5,250,000.
Specification: 3.84 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM 80. The second specimen is Purmer/van der Wiel Su 20.6; Delm-993.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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