Utrecht 1787 stuiver
This specimen was lot 808 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it sold for €340 (about US$453 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AV bezemstuiver, 1787. Gouden afslag (1/2 dukaat). Vz/ Pijlenbundel binnen een krans, tussen 1-S. Kz/ TRA/IEC/TUM/ 1780. Daarboven stadswapen. bijna Prachtig. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, gold arrow stuiver of 1787. Obverse: bundle of arrows tied with a ribbon divides "1-S"; reverse: provincial name and date. about Extremely Fine.)"
The billon stuiver was struck irregularly 1738-39, 1760-65 but the gold stuiver is known for 1738-89. It likely circulated as a half ducat.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: KM 90: 0.81 g, 0.583 fine silver; KM 90a: 1.75 g, gold; this specimen 1,75 g.
Catalog reference: Verk. 115, 3; Delm-989, Fr-unlisted; KM-90a.
- 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 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
Link to:
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