View source for Norway (1670-99) 2 ducats Fr-11

[[Image:Norway c1670 2 ducats obv H3029-30225.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3029, lot 30225]]
[[Image:Norway c1670 2 ducats rev H3029-30225.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 30225 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $70,500. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Christian V gold 2 Ducats ND (1670-99), VF Details (Removed from Jewelry) NGC. Ex. Wilmersdorffer Collection, 1905-1906. Exceedingly rare. Struck on a small, thick flan. Friedberg records a 2007 auction sale of a VF-EF specimen at NOK 401,200, or over $67,000 at current exchange. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." An even rarer variety is dated 1673.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.98 g, .979 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 120 (lists 3 known), Fr-11, Hede-11.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* 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. 
* ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Norway 1669 2 mark|1669 2 mark]]
* [[Norway (1669) 1/2 ducat Fr-5|(1669) half ducat]]
* [[Norway 1669-FG ducat Fr-4|1669-FG ducat]]
* [[Norway 1670 2 mark KM-95a|1670 2 mark]]
* [[Norway 1670-FG specie daler Dav-3650|1670-FG specie daler]]
* [[Norway 1670-FG 2 specie daler Dav-3649|1670-FG double specie daler]]
* [[Norway (1670-99) ducat Fr-189|(1670-99) ducat]]
* [[Norway 1672-FG specie daler Dav-3653|1672-FG specie daler]]
* [[Norway (1673) ducat]]
* [[Norway 1679-PG 4 mark Dav-3662]]
* [[Norway 1681-PG 4 mark Dav-3663]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1670]]
* return to coins of [[Norway]]

[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3029]]