Utrecht 1683 silver ducat Dav-4904

Schulman auction 379, lot 535

This specimen was lot 535 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €90 (about US$116 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795. Zilveren dukaat. 1683, Silver Type Ic. Staande ridder met zwaard tussen jaartal, provinciewapen aan de voet, mt. stadsschild na zwaard. Titel TRAI. Kz. gekroond generaliteitswapen, ❀ boven de kroon. Zonder binnencirkels op voor- en keerzijde. Gladde rand. Iets craquele, doch een net exemplaar. Bijna prachtig. (province of Utrecht, silver ducat of 1683, type Ic, without inner circles on the obverse and reverse. Obverse: standing knight with sword divides the date, provincial arms at his feet; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality, rosette mintmark above the crown; plain edge. Some surface cracks but a nice specimen. About extremely fine.)"

This type is listed with this mintmark for 1679-84, 1687-88 and 1692-99.

Recorded mintage: 1,702,895 for 1679-99.

Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 27.85 g.

Catalog reference: KM 65, Delm-981; V. 105.3; Dav-4904.

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.
• 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.

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