Gelderland 1646 ducat Fr-237
This specimen was lot 54218 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Gelderland. Ducat, 1646. Harderwijk Mint. NGC MS-63. Tied with just two other examples of the date for the top spot in the NGC census, this lustrous and exceptionally Choice trade issue offers a sharp strike and an abundance of shimmering brilliance." 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 subtype was struck 1637-67 and 1686.
Recorded mintage: 722,960.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-237; KM-5.1; Delm-649.
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- 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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