Holland 1783 2 ducats Fr-248

Künker sale 336, lot 6154

This specimen was lot 6154 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"NIEDERLANDE, HOLLAND, Provinz. 2 Dukaten 1783. GOLD. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Netherlands, province of Holland, double ducat of 1783. Cabinet piece, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1749-93. There is no premium for this date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.96 g.

Catalog reference: KM 47.2, Delm-773; Fr-248; Purmer/van der Wiel Ho 14.

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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

Link to:

• 1781 double ducat
• 1783 gold 6 stuivers
• 1783 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1783