Utrecht 1762 1/2 ducaton

Jean Elsen sale 124, lot 1510

This specimen was lot 1510 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €460 (about US$574 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AR halve dukaton (halve zilveren rijder), 1762, Droit: Ridder te paard nue radié boven het gekroond provinciewapen. Revers: Gekroond Generaliteitswapen gehouden door twee leeuwen. Prachtexemplaar met mooie patina. FDC. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, silver half ducaton of 1762. Obverse: mounted knight gallops over the provincial arms; reverse: two lions support the crowned arms of the Generality. Choice specimen with nice patina, uncirculated.)"

The SCWC notes a half ducaton with a reeded edge for 1761-94 (KM 115.1) and a flowered edge for 1761-76 (KM 115.2). Not having the specimen in hand, we don't know which edge it may actually have.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.39 g, .941 fine silver, this specimen 16,32 g.

Catalog reference: KM 115.1, Verk., 100, 4; Delm-1055.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.

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