Gelderland 1661 ducat Fr-237

Künker sale 336, lot 6152

This specimen was lot 6152 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €400 (about US$524 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"NIEDERLANDE, GELDERN, Provinz. Dukat 1661. GOLD. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Feiner Prägeglanz, min. gewellt, vorzüglich +. (Netherlands, province of Gelderland, ducat of 1661. Rare date, rare in this condition, fine luster, slightly bent, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1637-67 and 1686. An earlier type (KM 5) with a slightly cruder design was struck 1602-19, 1622, 1628-36.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 5.1, Delm. 649; Fr-237; Purmer Ge 46.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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.
• 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

Link to:

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