Zeeland 1706 silver ducat Dav-1848
This specimen is lot 837 in Jean Elsen sale 105 (Brussels, June 2010), where it sold for €150. The catalog description noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZEELAND, Provincie, AR zilveren dukaat, 1706, Droit: Staande ridder nue radié met zwaard en provinciewapen aan strik. Revers: Gekroond Generaliteitswapen tussen jaartal. bijna Prachtig" (Netherlands, Province of Zeeland, 1748 silver ducat, piefort of double thickness. Obverse: standing knight holding shield with arms of the province. Reverse: arms of the United Provinces divides the date. about extremely fine).
This type was struck for Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands, 1672-1794. It is priced fairly low in the SCWC but is seldom seen at American coin shows.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, .792 troy oz ASW; this specimen is 27.26 g.
Catalog reference: Verk., 86, 1; Delm-976, Davenport 1848, KM 52.1.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
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