Utrecht 1785 6 stuivers

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Heritage sale 3106, lot 34052
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 34052 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Utrecht. Provincial 6 Stuivers 1785 MS62 NGC. A popular type regardless of assignment, but especially so with booming mint brilliance and a soft champagne backlight. From the Coenen Collection." This type, nicknamed the "scheepjesschelling", was struck in silver throughout the eighteenth century. This subtype is listed for 1785-89 and 1794. There is also an extensive series of presentation strikes in gold of double ducat weight but none for 1785.

Recorded mintage: 2,915, a scarce date.

Specification: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 101.2, PW-Ut84.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

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