Zeeland 1754 ducaton Dav-1836
This specimen was lot 23422 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. Ducaton, 1754/3. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. Variety with bold overdate. A boldly struck Ducaton with just a slight weakness on the reverse center. The surfaces are free of distracting marks and endowed with a gray to earthy tone. From the BKingdom Collection." The specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Zeeland 1716-17, 1731-76, 1785-93. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Utrecht, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Overijssel, West Friesland and Zeeland, not counting various local issues. The Netherlands were swallowed up in Napoleon's empire and after his fall, reconstituted as a kingdom.
Recorded mintage: 378,122 for 1753-57.
Specification: 32.78 g, 0.941 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-57.2; Dav-1836; Delm-1028.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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