Holland 1693 2 silver ducats Dav-4897

Heritage sale 3106, lot 34037

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This specimen was lot 34037 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Netherlands: Holland. Provincial Silver 2 Ducat 1693 AU53 NGC. A boldly rendered representative of this heavy issue showcasing minimal highpoint wear and a pleasing flip-over double strike effect appreciable in both obverse and reverse." Altho the SCWC lists this as a pattern, double silver ducats are attested for several dates and provinces. They were struck for presentation. The regular silver ducat of this style (KM 52.1) was struck 1672-74, 1679-84, 1693-95 and 1734-35 and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 56.5 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 56.56 g.

Catalog reference: KM P34, Dav-4897, Delm-969a (R2).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

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