Utrecht 1796 ducat Fr-317
This specimen was lot 78295 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Batavian Republic. Ducat, 1796. Utrecht Mint. PCGS MS-61. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type is recorded for 1795-1808 from Gelderland ("GEL"), Utrecht ("TRA") and Holland ("HOL"). To complicate matters, restrikes are known from the Stuttgart mint. These were issued under the Batavian Republic, a French puppet state of 1796-1806. Rampant smuggling with Britain caused Napoleon to install his brother Louis as king of Holland in 1806; when that failed, the Netherlands were annexed outright in 1810. After his fall, the Netherlands were reconstituted as a kingdom.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.45 g, .983 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-317; KM-11.3.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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