Utrecht 1788 1/2 ducaton
This specimen was lot 256 in Schulman auction 389 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,691 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1/2 Dukaton of 1/2 zilveren rijder, UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795, 1788, Silver Type II. Ruiter naar rechts boven gekroond provinciewapentje en titel .BELG: PRO: TRAI. Kz. jaartal onder het wapen in cartouche. Kabelrand. Ex Cherry Tree Collection. PCGS Genuine UNC Details. Cleaned. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, 1581-1795, half ducaton of 1788. Obverse: mounted knight charges right over the crowned provincial arms; reverse: date under arms in cartouche, reeded edge. Cleaned, graded PCGS Genuine UNC Details.)"
This subtype with a reeded edge was introduced in 1761. A few half ducatons were struck in gold in 1774 (KM 115.1a).
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: 16.39 g, 0.941 fine silver, .495 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, this specimen 16.27 g.
Catalog reference: KM 115.1, Delm. 1055; V. 100.4.
- 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 389: Ex Cherry Tree Collection, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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