Gelderland 1616 1/2 cavalier d'or Fr-241
This specimen was lot 2649 in Goldberg sale 87 (Los Angeles, September 2015), where it sold for $957.62. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Gelderland. ½ Cavalier d'or, 1616. Early style. Knight on horseback. Reverse: Arms. NGC graded AU-58." Gelderland, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued gold ducats from the sixteenth century until the termination of the United Provinces by Napoleon in the 1790's. This type is recorded for 1608-25, 1641 and 1644 along with a cavalier d'or (KM 18).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5 g, .920 fine gold, .147 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-241; KM-17.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 87: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.
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