Zwolle (1590-1612) ducat Fr-211

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from Künker sale 352, lot 1364

This specimen was lot 1364 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NIEDERLANDE, ZWOLLE, Stadt. Dukat o. J. (um 1600), mit Titel Rudolfs II. Ungarischer Typ. GOLD. R Leicht gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Netherlands, city of Zwolle, undated ducat, struck in the name of Rudolf II, Hungarian type. Scarce, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"

On this type, the Madonna and Child supersedes the eagle formerly used on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,34 g.

Catalog reference: Delm-1126 (R2); Fr-211; Purmer Zw 13.

Source:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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