Utrecht 1747 2 ducats Fr-283
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This specimen was lot 3174 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,504 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NIEDERLANDE, UTRECHT, Provinz. 2 Dukaten 1747. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung MS 62. GOLD. Attraktives, vorzügliches Exemplar. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, double ducat of 1747, in PCGS MS-62 holder. Attractive, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck throughout the eighteenth century until 1794 but remains expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Delm-962; Fr-283; Purmer/van der Wiel Ut 26; KM-42.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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