Westfriesland 1791 silver ducat Dav-1846
This specimen was lot 2544 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €130 (about US$165 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, WEST-FRIESLAND, AR zilveren dukaat, 1791. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en provinciewapen. Kz/ Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Opgewreven. Krasjes in het veld. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Westfriesland, silver ducat of 1791. Obverse: standing knight with sword and provincial arms; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality. Polished, scratches in the field, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1707-08, 1746-47, 1752-67, 1770-76, 1781-96. The SCWC divides this into subtypes with various mintmarks; this one, without mintmark but with a cabled edge, was struck 1780-94. For Westfriesland, silver ducats are scarcer than ducatons.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 28,14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 128.3, Verk. 65, 4; Delm-971; Dav-1846.
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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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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