Gelderland 1656 2 ducats Fr-235

Heritage sale 3010, lot 21616

This specimen was lot 21616 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Gelderland. Gold 2 Ducats 1656, AU58 NGC, very appealing multiple Ducat with sharp details on both sides and full mint luster." Gelderland, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued gold ducats from the sixteenth century until the termination of the United Provinces by Napoleon in the 1790's. Double ducats were struck 1656-64 but then none until 1715.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not common.

Specification: 7 g, .986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 40, Fr-235.

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.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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:

• 1652 ducat
• Holland 1656 double ducat
• Utrecht 1656 double ducat
• Zeeland 1659 double ducat
• 1661 silver ducat
• 1661 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1656
• return to coins of Netherlands, Gelderland