View source for Holland 1758 ducat Fr-250

[[Image:SB1122-75398o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75398]]
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This specimen was lot 75398 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands|NETHERLANDS]]. [[Netherlands, Holland|Holland]]. Ducat, 1758. NGC AU-58. Traditional design of a standing medieval knight. A premium coin at this grade level." The type is recorded from Holland 1702-92; each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins. Holland was the largest and wealthiest part of the United Provinces, now the kingdom of the Netherlands. This mintmark was used 1749-92.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-250; KM-12.3. 

''[[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>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Holland 1757 ducat Fr-250|1757 ducat]]
* [[Holland 1758 ducaton Dav-1827|1758 ducaton]]
* [[Utrecht 1758 ducat Fr-285]]
* [[Westfriesland 1758 ducat Fr-295|Westfriesland 1758 ducat]]
* [[Holland 1758 2 ducats Fr-248|1758 double ducat]]
* [[Holland 1759 ducat Fr-250|1759 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1758]]

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