Utrecht 1786 2 ducats Fr-283
This specimen was lot 522 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,221 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795. Dubbele dukaat. 1786, Gold Type IIIa. Staande ridder met zwaard en pijlenbundel tussen jaartal, grond onder de voeten. Kz. versierd vierkant met 5-regelige tekst MO: ORD: etc. Kabelrand. R Klemspoortjes, licht opgewreven, toch nette details. Vrijwel prachtig. (province of Utrecht, gold double ducat of 1786, type IIIa. Obverse: standing knight with sword and bundle of arrows divides the date, ground under his feet; reverse: ornate tablet with five line inscription; cabled edge. Rare, clamp marks, lightly rubbed yet still bold, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1660-69, 1683-84, 1688-99, 1703-11, 1718-20, 1726, 1736, 1739-1794 but remains expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.93 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-962; V. 98.2; Fr-283; KM 42.
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- 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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