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[[Image:Neth 1903 ducat CNG 712.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner sale, lot 712]] | [[Image:Neth 1903 ducat CNG 712.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner sale, lot 712]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 712 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,932.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Trade coinage. AV Ducat. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: halberd and winged caduceus. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake, mintmaster. Dated 1903. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Highest ever graded for the date and a gem prooflike BU. Extremely scarce date. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1998." The Netherlands was the last country to strike ducats on a regular basis. This type was struck 1814-1937, many of which were made in Russia, indistinguishable from Utrecht mint issues. | + | This specimen was lot 712 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,932.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Trade coinage. AV Ducat. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: halberd and winged caduceus. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake, mintmaster. Dated 1903. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Highest ever graded for the date and a gem prooflike BU. Extremely scarce date. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1998." The [[Netherlands]] was the last country to strike ducats on a regular basis. This type was struck 1814-1937, many of which were made in Russia, indistinguishable from Utrecht mint issues. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 90,824; this is a very rare date. A 1903/01 overdate exists. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 90,824; this is a very rare date. A 1903/01 overdate exists. | ||
Revision as of 09:08, 4 December 2023
This specimen was lot 712 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,932.50. The catalog description[1] noted, NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Trade coinage. AV Ducat. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: halberd and winged caduceus. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake, mintmaster. Dated 1903. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66. Highest ever graded for the date and a gem prooflike BU. Extremely scarce date. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1998." The Netherlands was the last country to strike ducats on a regular basis. This type was struck 1814-1937, many of which were made in Russia, indistinguishable from Utrecht mint issues.
Recorded mintage: 90,824; this is a very rare date. A 1903/01 overdate exists.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, 20.5-21 mm diameter. This specimen 21 mm diameter, 3.44 g, 1h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 83.1; Y 15; Sch-759.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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