Holland 1661 2 ducats Fr-247

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Schulman auction 388, lot 49
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This specimen was lot 49 in Schulman auction 388 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,945 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Dubbele dukaat, HOLLAND Provincie 1581 - 1795, 1661, Gold Type Ia. Staande ridder met Spaanse helm, zwaard en pijlenbundel, met omschrift tussen de voeten en geparelde binnencirkel. ❀ CONCORDIA. RE - S . P - ARVAE. CRES. HOL.. Kz. versierd vierkant met tekst MO. AVR etc. Gladde rand. Slechts eenmaal eerder door ons verhandeld in 1976; dat stuk ging uiteindelijk naar de collectie van de Nederlandsche Bank. Ontbrekend in de collecties Rijnbende en Stephanik. RRR. Uiterst zeldzaam jaartal. Prachtig. (double ducat of 1661, province of Holland, type Ia. Obverse: standing knight with Spanish helmet, sword and bundle of arrows within inner circle; reverse: inscription on square tablet, plain edge. Sold by us only once previously, in 1976; that specific piece ultimately entered the collection of the Dutch Central Bank. Absent from the Rijnbende and Stephanik collections. An extremely rare date, Extremely fine.)"

This type is listed for 1645-63. A refined design was struck 1671-1793 and is fairly common for double ducats.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.87 g.

Catalog reference: Delm-772; PW. 12; V. 39.3; Fr-247; KM 35.

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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • [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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