Zeeland 1793 1/4 silver ducat
This specimen was lot 74174 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. 1/4 Ducat, 1793. Middelburg Mint. NGC MS-62. Toned in mottled silver-apricot and deep magenta iridescence, both sides are generally sharp in strike and have a soft satin texture across the devices. The appearance is quite smooth for the assigned grade, with marks or blemishes almost nonexistent across the wide, flat fields." The specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Zeeland 1762-95. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Zeeland, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Overijssel, West Friesland and Utrecht, not counting various local issues. The Netherlands were swallowed up in Napoleon's empire and after his fall, reconstituted as a kingdom.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.06 g, 0.873 fine silver, 0.198 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-99.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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