Utrecht 1775 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 549 in Schulman sale 347 (Amsterdam, April 2015), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,861 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "piedfort dukaton of zilveren rijder. 1775. op dubbele zwaarte. type IVb. Ruiter naar rechts boven gekroond provinciewapentje met stadsschild in het hart en titel …BELG: PRO: TRAI• Kz. generaliteitswapen, jaartal in cartouche onder het wapen, mt. stadsschild boven de kroon. Kabelrand. RRR. Prachtig +. uit veiling Schulman 26 van 19 nov. 2001, no. 909. (coll h.K. Berghuijs, deel ii; mej. h. van oppenraaij deel ii: gouden munten)." The double ducatons are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 65.56 g, 0.941 fine silver, obliquely reeded edge, this specimen 65.04 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-1031a; V. vgl. 100.3; PW. 59.2; Dav-1831, KM 83.1.
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- [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 347, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2015.
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