Holland 1748 2 ducats Fr-248

Heritage sale 3106, lot 34041

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This specimen was lot 34041 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Netherlands: Holland. Provincial gold 2 Ducat 1748 MS63 NGC. A wholly appreciable representative of a somewhat uncommon type in Mint State status, witnessed here with fully Choice appearances elevated by an exacting strike and a lovely apricot patina. Both a conditional and aesthetic outlier for the series. From the Coenen Collection." This subtype was struck 1671-74, 1687, 1694, 1716-48. Double ducats were struck for the province of Holland until 1793.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.95 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-248, KM47.1, Delm-773.

Source:

• Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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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