Utrecht 1787 1/2 ducaton
This specimen was lot 539 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €260 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UTRECHT Provincie 1581 - 1795. 1/2 Dukaton of 1/2 zilveren rijder. 1787, Silver Type II. Ruiter naar rechts boven gekroond provinciewapentje en titel ...BELG: PRO: TRAI. Kz. jaartal onder het wapen in cartouche. Kabelrand. Donkere patina. Bijna prachtig. (province of Utrecht, half ducaton or silver rider of 1774, type II. Obverse: Mounted knight charges to right over the provincial arms, no mintmark; reverse: crowned arms, date in cartouche; cabled edge. Dark toning, about extremely fine.)"
This date is known only with a reeded edge (struck 1761-94) as the flowered edge (KM 115.2) was discontinued in 1776. A few half ducatons were struck in gold in 1774 (KM 115.1a).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 16.39 g, 0.941 fine silver, this specimen 16.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 115.1 (reeded edge), Delm-1055; V. 100.4.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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