Zwolle 1650 ducat Fr-213
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This specimen was lot 4157 in Stack's-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $734.38. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Zwolle. Ducat, 1650. PCGS MS-63 Secure Holder. Lustrous and quite choice." Zwolle is a town in the province of Overijssel. This ducat was struck in the name of emperor Ferdinand II (r. 1619-37) for 1633-76. The States General spent most of the seventeenth century attempting to suppress the municipal mints, denouncing their product as under weight and low fineness.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-34; Fr-213.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
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