Holland 1768 6 stuivers
This specimen was lot 868 in Sincona sale 69 (Zurich, May 2021), where it sold for 3,400 CHF (about US$4,513 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"THE NETHERLANDS | Province of Holland. 2 Dukaten 1768. Abschlag von den Stempeln des Scheepjesschelling (6 Stüber). Selten. (Netherlands, province of Holland, double ducat of 1768, off-metal strike using schilling dies. Rare. NGC MS62.)"
The regular billon Scheepjesschelling was struck 1701-05, 1708-37, 1745-54, 1759-63, 1767, while the gold version was struck 1702-03, 1709, 1722-84, 1789-94.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: regular issue: 4.95 g, 0.583 fine silver; presentation version: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.94 g.
Catalog reference: KM 45 (silver), KM 45a (gold), Delmonte 816 (Abb. 815).
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 69, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction and Chinese Banknotes, Part 1, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2021.
Link to:
- Holland 1763 2 stuivers, struck in gold
- 1763 6 stuivers (scheepjesschelling), struck in gold
- 1763 ducat
- 1763 14 gulden (gouden rijder)
- 1768 double ducat
- 1783 6 stuivers (scheepjesschelling), struck in gold
- Coins and currency dated 1768