View source for Holland 1693 2 silver ducats Dav-4897

[[Image:H3106-34037o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3106, lot 34037]]
[[Image:H3106-34037r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 34037 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands]]: [[Netherlands, Holland|Holland]]. Provincial Silver 2 Ducat 1693 AU53 NGC. A boldly rendered representative of this heavy issue showcasing minimal highpoint wear and a pleasing flip-over double strike effect appreciable in both obverse and reverse." Altho the SCWC lists this as a pattern, double silver ducats are attested for several dates and provinces. They were struck for presentation. The regular silver ducat of this style ([[Holland 1693 silver ducat Dav-4898|KM 52.1]]) was struck 1672-74, 1679-84, 1693-95 and 1734-35 and is fairly common.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 56.5 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 56.56 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM P34, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-4897]], Delm-969a (R2). 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. 
* Delmonte, A., ''Le Bénélux D'or,'' Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
* 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 1689 10 stuivers|1689 10 stuivers]]
* [[Holland 1692 5 stuivers]] struck in gold
* [[Holland 1693 silver ducat Dav-4898|1693 silver ducat]]
* [[Holland 1693 2 ducaton Dav-4929|1693 double ducaton]]
* [[Holland 1694 silver ducat Dav-4898|1694 silver ducat]]
* [[Westfriesland 1694 2 silver ducats Dav-4907|Westfriesland 1694 double silver ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1693]]

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