Holland 1771 6 stuivers
This specimen was lot 50 in Schulman auction 388 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$7,045 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Scheepjesschelling, 1771, Gold In goud geslagen op het gewicht van 2 dukaten. Type II, groot model. Driemaster naar rechts VIGILATE DEO CONFIDENTES. Kz. gekroond wapen tussen waarde 6 - S, jaartal boven de kroon MO: NO: ORD: HOLL: ET WESTFRI:. Kabelrand. In 1999 voor het laatst bij ons voorgekomen. RR. Zeldzaam jaartal. PCGS SP61. Vrijwel FDC. (ship schilling of 1771, off metal strike in gold of two ducat weight, type II. Obverse: three masted ship sails right; reverse: crowned arms divide the date, reeded edge. Rare date, the first one we have offered since 1999, graded PCGS SP61.)"
The regular billon Scheepjesschelling was struck 1701-05, 1708-37, 1745-54, 1759-63, 1767, while the gold version was struck 1702-03, 1709, 1722-84, 1789-94, in double ducat weight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 45 (billon), KM 5a (gold), Delm. 816; V. 55.6; PW. 74.2.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 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.
- 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.
- [1]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 388: 145 Year Jubilee Sale, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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- 1769 6 stuivers (scheepjesschelling), struck in gold
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- 1771 double ducat
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