Utrecht 1653 2 ducats Fr-282

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 1466

This specimen was lot 1466 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Utrecht. 2 Ducats, 1657. NGC AU-55. This decently preserved example exhibits a good strike on a somewhat wavy planchet with signs of handling consistent for the grade displaying a pale golden coloration." The SCWC divides these double ducats into KM 42.1 (struck 1650-58) and KM 42.2 (struck 1660, 1666-69, 1683-84, 1688-1794). The later issues of the eighteenth century were milled, not hammered.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-282; KM-42.1.

Source:

• 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.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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