Zeeland 1787 1/2 silver ducat
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This specimen was lot 23423 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. 1/2 Silver Ducat, 1787/3. Zeeland Mint. NGC AU-53. A pleasantly toned coin with slight strike weakness in the centers, but overall attractive. The overdate is weak but obvious." This denomination was issued briefly 1716-19 and again 1760-82, 1786-88, 1792-93. It is priced substantially higher than the silver ducat.
Recorded mintage: 97,000 for 1787-88 (including ⅛ and ¼ silver ducats).
Specification: 14.12 g, 0.873 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-51.2.
- 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.
- [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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