Gelderland 1619 1/2 cavalier d'or Fr-241
This specimen was lot 25186 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Gelderland. Gold 1/2 Cavalier d'Or 1619, AU Details NGC (mount removed), somewhat softly struck, the damage mentioned by NGC is not visible in the slab, but there is a small rim scratch on the reverse at 12 o'clock." 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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