Westfriesland 1604 ducat Fr-291
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This specimen was lot 3273 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €220 (about US$284 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WESTFRIESLAND Provinz. Dukat 1604. Ungarischer Typ. GOLD. Min. gewellt, sehr schön +. (province of Westfriesland, ducat of 1604, Hungarian type. Slightly bent, very fine or better.)"
Ducats were struck in the seven provinces of the United Netherlands from the 1580's. Friedberg lists this type for 1586-1605.
Recorded mintage: 327,600 for 1601-05.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM-8; Delm-833; Fr-291; Purmer/van der Wiel Wf 06.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015
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