Westfriesland 1596 ducat Fr-291
This specimen was lot 1872 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €280 (about US$363 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, WEST-FRIESLAND, AV dukaat, 1596. Hongaars type. Vz/ Staande ridder r. Kz/ Gekroond provinciewapen. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Westfriesland, gold ducat of 1596, Hungarian type. Obverse: standing knight; reverse: crowned provincial arms. Fine - Very Fine.)"
Ducats were struck in the seven provinces of the United Netherlands from the 1580's. Friedberg lists this type for 1586-1605.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .112 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8, Verk. 59, 1; Delm-833; Fr-291.
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- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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