Utrecht 1762 ducaton Dav-1832
This specimen was lot 34813 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Utrecht. Provincial Ducaton 1762 XF45 NGC. A well-defined instance of this popular type, this piece is lightly toned on the obverse, with a deep charcoal tone present on the reverse." The 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: 8,000 including 1762/1.
Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver, .991 troy oz ASW, obliquely reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 92.1, Dav-1832.
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- 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]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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