View source for Overijssel (1590-93) 2 ducats Fr-261

[[Image:Neth SB117-3240o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 3240]]
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This specimen was lot 3240 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $2,820. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands|NETHERLANDS]]. Overijssel. 2 Ducat, ND. NGC AU-58. Spanish type using the Ferdinand and Isabella 2 Excelentes design with the titles of Philip II in legend. Slightly wavy flan but with a solid strike and no doubling. Well preserved with only a light brush of handling wear to cheeks and no contact marks to be found. Mild toning with nice original surfaces make for a very handsome piece. Ex: Stack's Sale of the Clifford T. Weihman Collection of Gold Coins of the World. October 18-20, 1951, Lot #468." [[Netherlands, Overijssel|Overijssel]] went on to issue many coins as part of the independent [[Netherlands]]  until the time of Napoleon. We don't know why Ferdinand and Isabella, dead for eighty years, appear on this coin. It is accompanied by a single ducat ([[Overijssel (1590-93) ducat Fr-262|Fr-262]]).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 7 g, 0.986 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-261; Delm-1045. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2016. 
* 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. 
 
''Link to:''
* [[Overijssel (1590-93) ducat Fr-262]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1590]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish|Spanish Netherlands]]

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