Utrecht 1750 ducat Fr-285
This specimen was lot 1042 in Jean Elsen sale 139 (Brussels, December 2018), where it sold for €120 (about US$160 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, UTRECHT, Provincie, AV dukaat met de ridder, 1750. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en pijlenbundel. Kz/ Tekst in versierd vierkant. bijna Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, gold ducat of 1750. Obverse: standing knight with sword and bundle of arrows; reverse: text in four lines. about Very Fine.)"
The type is recorded from Utrecht 1587-1794; each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,43 g.
Catalog reference: Verk. 98, 4; Delm-965, Fr-285; KM-7.2.
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- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 139, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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