Utrecht 1774 2 ducats Fr-283
This specimen was lot 1854 in Jean Elsen sale 165 (Brussels, June 2026), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,377 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AV dubbele dukaat met de ridder, 1774. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en pijlenbundel. Kz/ Tekst in versierd vierkant. Zeer zeldzaam. Gereinigd. Montagespoor. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, double knight's ducat of 1774. Obverse: knight stands, holding a sword and a bundle of arrows; reverse: inscription in square tablet. Very rare, cleaned, trace of a mount, Very Fine.)"
This milled double ducat was struck intermittently 1660, 1666, 1669, 1683-84, 1688-99, 1703-06, 1709-11, 1718-20, 1726, 1736, 1739-71 and 1774-94. Despite the many years of production, it is scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, reeded edge, this specimen 6,87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 42.2, Verk. 98, 2; Delm. 962; Fr-283.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 165, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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