View source for Holland 1748 2 ducats Fr-248

[[Image:H3106-34041o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3106, lot 34041]]
[[Image:H3106-34041r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 34041 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands]]: [[Netherlands, Holland|Holland]]. Provincial gold 2 Ducat 1748 MS63 NGC. A wholly appreciable representative of a somewhat uncommon type in Mint State status, witnessed here with fully Choice appearances elevated by an exacting strike and a lovely apricot patina. Both a conditional and aesthetic outlier for the series. From the Coenen Collection." This subtype was struck 1671-74, 1687, 1694, 1716-48. Double ducats were struck for the province of Holland until 1793.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.95 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-248, KM47.1, Delm-773. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Holland 1718 2 ducats Fr-248|1718 double ducat]]
* [[Holland 1746 6 stuivers|1746 6 stuivers (''scheepjeschilling'')]]
* [[Holland 1746 ducaton Dav-1827|1746 ducaton]]
* [[Holland 1748 10 stuivers|1748 10 stuivers]]
* [[Utrecht 1748 2 ducats Fr-283]]
* [[Holland 1749 10 stuivers]] = ½ gulden
* [[Holland 1749 gulden|1749 gulden, struck in gold]]
* [[Holland 1749 14 gulden]]
* [[Holland 1750 2 ducats Fr-248|1750 double ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1748]]

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