Utrecht 1758 ducaton Dav-1832

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Utrecht 1739-94. 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.

Recorded mintage: 96,860; not a rare date.

Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver, .991 troy oz ASW, obliquely reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-1832, KM 92.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1756 ducaton
• 1757 silver ducat
• 1758 ¼ gulden
• Holland 1758 ducaton Dav-1827
• 1758 ducat
• Madura Island (1811-54) ducaton KM-203.2, countermarked on a Utrecht ducaton
• 1758 double ducat
• 1759 ducaton
• Zeeland 1773 6 stuivers
• Coins and currency dated 1758
• return to coins of Utrecht