Utrecht 1693 silver ducat Dav-4904

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57756

This specimen was lot 57756 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Utrecht. Ducat, 1693. Utrecht Mint. PCGS AU-50." Silver ducats were struck in Utrecht and other Dutch provinces until 1794 and are the most common large Dutch silver coin. Simultaneous with the silver ducat (48 stuivers) was the "prince" daalder (40 stuivers), Lion daalder (48 stuivers), the three gulden (60 stuivers) and the ducaton (silver rider). The catalog does not explain why so many different large silver coins were felt to be necessary. This subtype without inner circles is listed for 1679-88, 1692-99.

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

Specification: 28.25 g, 0.873 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-4904; KM-65.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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