Utrecht 1789 2 ducats Fr-283

Schulman sale 344, lot 161

This specimen was lot 161 in Schulman sale 344 (Amsterdam, March 2014), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,456 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Dubbele dukaat. 1789. Type IIIa. Staande ridder met zwaard en pijlenbundel tussen jaartal, grond onder de voeten. Kz. versierd vierkant met 5‒ regelige tekst MO: ORD: etc. Kabelrand. RR. Prachtig +. (double ducat of 1789, type IIIa. Standing knight with sword and bundle of arrows divides date, ground under feet; reverse: five line text on tablet. Reeded edge, rare, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck throughout the eighteenth century until 1794 but remains expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6.95 g.

Catalog reference: Delm. 962; V. 98.2; Fr-283; KM. 42.

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.
• 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]Abstil, Eddy, Andrew Abstil and Evert Philippeau, Veiling 344: Amsterdam, Schulman B.V., 2014.

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• 1789 ducat
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