Utrecht 1793 ducat Fr-285

Heritage sale 3010, lot 21622

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21622 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,207.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Utrecht. Gold Ducat 1793, MS65 NGC, a choice example with full blazing mint brilliance, very scarce this nice." This type was struck throughout the eighteenth century until 1794 but remains expensive in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-285; KM-7.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• 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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

Link to:

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• 1791 double ducat
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• 1793 3 gulden
• 1794 silver ducat
• Denmark 1794-B ducat Fr-283 similar reverse
• 1794 double ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1793
• return to coins of Netherlands, Utrecht