Zeeland 1648 2 ducats Fr-306

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Sedwick sale 11, lot 141

This specimen was lot 141 in Sedwick sale 9 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it sold for $920. The catalog description[1] noted, "Zeeland, United Netherlands, double ducat, 1648. Decent VF, very slightly wavy flan and with solder-mark and nick in edge above knight's head (ex-jewelry), scarce type." Zeeland, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued gold ducats from the sixteenth century until the termination of the United Provinces by Napoleon in the 1790's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, .220 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6.9 grams.

Catalog reference: Fr-306, KM 35.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]Sedwick, Daniel F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #11, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2012.

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