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1586 Zeeland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS - TO 1600 |
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DUCAT 1586 Netherland ZEELAND |
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NGC MS 62 |
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Owner Comments
This is the first year these uniform-weight and purity standing-knight style ducats started getting struck by the newly declared-independent United Provinces of the Netherlands. They declared independence from Spain in 1579. These ducats are still being minted today in approximately the same weight and purity of gold. There is an easily obtainable 1986 ducat from the Dutch Mint celebrating 400 years of the series.
" LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). Utrecht. 1581-1795. AV Dukaat "
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1587 Holland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS - TO 1600 |
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DUCAT 1587 Netherland HOLLAND |
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NGC AU Details |
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Owner Comments
Too bad it is filed. 1586 is considered the start date for this series that is still getting struck today.
NGC does not let me see their population reports on Holland or other provinces before 1601. So, I don't know how many of this date have been graded from any province.
At PCGS, no Holland 1587s are certified.
PCGS has graded a 1587 Gelderland ducat in AU55, and it looks good, but, I still think the face on my coin is more clear!
https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/gelderland-1492-1795/1587-ducat/5987?sn=570922&h=pop
There is one Utrecht 1587 in AU53.
https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/utrecht-1578-1795/1587-ducat-fr-284/5998?sn=676804&h=pop
This one looks better.
PCGS also graded a West Friesland 1587 in AU53, which is a different, more "Hungarian, style." It is kind of wavy and worn looking compared to this coin, in my opinion.
There is, and have been, some slightly more ragged looking 1587s on MA-SHOPS in the last couple years.
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1588 Holland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS - TO 1600 |
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DUCAT 1588 Netherland HOLLAND (3.50g) |
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NGC AU 55 |
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Owner Comments
This is the year of the Spanish Armada. Its purpose was to reinstate Catholicism in England, end support for the Dutch Republic, and prevent attacks by English and Dutch privateers against Spanish interests in the Americas. Like the English, the Dutch were Protestant.
This is the only one of these at NGC. There is only one other Holland ducat of this date appearing on ACSearch, sold at Roma Numismatics, with a wavy flan.
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1595 Zeeland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS - TO 1600 |
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DUCAT 1595 Netherland ZEELAND |
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NGC AU 55 |
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Owner Comments
From Henzen in 2023. I have had a hard time getting a nice looking 1590's classic ducat.
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1607 Overyssel |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1607 Netherland OVERYSSEL |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
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Owner Comments
There is one other 1607 of this province graded at NGC, as MS61, and none at PCGS in any condition. This coin is almost perfectly centered, the strike is strong all around, and most importantly to me, the face and helmet detail is fine, and the sword is sharp. This is my favorite Dutch ducat so far.
1607 was the year Jamestown was founded in present-day Virginia, the first English permanent settlement in North America. Not 20 years later, the Dutch would found New Amsterdam, which would become New York City.
NGC has graded one West Friesland 1607 ducat at AU50, one Holland 1607 ducat at AU55, and one of Gelderland from 1607 at MS61, AU58, 55, 53, and 50. NGC has graded a lot of Utrecht 1607 ducats, the finest at MS60.
PCGS has graded one 1607 ducat of Gelderland at AU50.
PCGS has graded one Utrecht 1607 ducat at AU55, and I have seen a few VF to XF raw examples on Ebay or MA-Shops.
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1608 Holland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1608 Netherland HOLLAND |
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NGC AU 58 |
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Owner Comments
There are no ducats of any province graded over AU58 for 1608. Only Gelderland has ducats of 1608 struck up to AU58. This is the only Holland ducat of 1608 in AU58. The left-side edge crimp was insufficient to get a notation from NGC.
SOLD
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1612 Utrecht |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1612 Netherland UTRECHT (3.50g) |
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NGC MS 61 |
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Owner Comments
Rated Double R! I bought this coin on Ebay in 2010 raw, and it sat in a dish with other gold coins for 8 years. Then I sent it into NGC in 2017. This is tied with one other example graded MS61 at NGC. None are graded at PCGS.
NGC has graded one 1612 West Friesland ducat at AU50, one Holland 1612 ducat in AU55, one Overyssl 1612 ducat in MS61, one Friesland ducat at MS61 and a handful in lower grades. NGC has also graded a 1612 Gelderland ducat in AU58.
PCGS has graded one 1612 Friesland ducat at AU55.
This coin is from the early days of Dutch exploration and colonization in North America, the Caribbean, South East Asia, and South America.
Delmonte 963 | Verkade 98.3 | HNPM.24 | CNM.2.43.44
van der Wiel 24 (JMP.1975-1977) | Friedberg 284 RR
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1622 West Friesland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1622 Netherland W.FRIESLAND |
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NGC MS 62 |
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Owner Comments
1622 was the year that the Spanish Treasure Fleet including the famous Atocha ship was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Florida, yielding lots of gold and silver coins for collectors in the 20th century. Dutch ships were wrecked off the coast of Australia this year also.
This is a rare date, even a rare decade, for Netherlands ducats. This is one of only two NGC graded Netherlands ducats from any mint from any year of the 1620's, although there is one from 1629 from Friesland designated XF Details. PCGS has graded two Holland ducats VF30 and AU50 from 1622, and none from any other provincial mint. However, I cannot see the PCGS "details grades" coins on their population report, and I know there is one 1622 Utrecht ducat "AU Details Tooled" for sale on Ebay for ... $5,000. It is a disheveled looking coin.
I did find one other of this same issue, from West Friesland, 1622, in worse condition raw on coin archives from a Kunker auction in 2019. No others.
3.49 grams, 22mm diameter.
This was lucky to come out problem-free and mint state; when I bought it raw I figured it would come out XF and with problems. But, this is just how it was struck apparently.
This coin comes from the "100+ year old collection of Hans Erb from Chur Switzerland." According to the dealer. Hans Erb was an author of many books about the cultural history of old Zurich. The dealer who sold me this coin, "World Coin Shop" in Switzerland, was nice enough to provide me with some photos of the original tags and 1899 postmarked envelope from London to "Robert Furrer" in Switzerland. The address on the envelope just says "Zugerstrasse Horgen, Switzerland, Near Zurich"! No street number, no postal code. I guess everyone knew each other back then.
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1634 West Friesland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1634 Netherland W.FRIESLAND |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
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1635 West Friesland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1635 Netherland W.FRIESLAND |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 61 |
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Owner Comments
At this auction in Poland I woke up in time to catch the three ducats I'd been watching for almost two months. I could not bear to bid up the 1603 Kampen Ducat which sold for a little less than this, and then, the 1694 Holland ducat got away from me at more than $3,000. Netherlands ducats from the 1680's and 1690's are pretty scarce, especially in good condition, so that was sad.
NGC and PCGS have each certified one ducat from 1635, from the Gelderland mint, not West Friesland, both in MS62.
Neither have certified any other ducats from 1635 from any mint.
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1636 Utrecht |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1636 Netherland UTRECHT |
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NGC MS 62 |
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Owner Comments
SOLD 11-2022
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1637 West Friesland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1637 Netherland W.FRIESLAND |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 63 |
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Owner Comments
Won at an auction in Poland, and reunited with the 1634, 35, 36, and 1642 West Friesland ducats in this collection after hundreds of years away from the mint. I surmise all were engraved by the same guy, Jacob Utenwael (Uyttewaal), active through the 1630s and 40s at the West Friesland mint.
You can see a nice run of 1630s West Friesland ducats in this "Nationalized" collection of the Netherlands here:
https://data.collectienederland.nl/search/?page=2&q=dukaat
NGC has graded one 1637 Holland ducat at AU50 and a Gelderland at MS62. The Gelderland one sold at a Schulman auction June 17, 2021 and I was outbid by about 500 Euros. Those two coins, and this one, are all there are for 1637 ducats of any province at NGC, including in details grades
PCGS has graded an MS62 and MS61 of West Friesland in 1637, and none of any other province of 1637.
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1638 West Friesland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1638 Netherland W.FRIESLAND |
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NGC UNC Details |
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1642 West Friesland |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1642 Netherland W.FRIESLAND |
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NGC MS 63 |
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Owner Comments
Now reunited with the 1637 West Friesland ducat after hundreds of years away from the mint. I believe both were engraved by the same guy, Jacob Utenwael (Uyttewaal), active through the 1630s and 40s at the West Friesland mint.
NGC has graded one other West Friesland ducat of 1642 at MS61, then this one.
NGC has graded one 1642 from Holland in MS61.
There are no examples of this year for West Friesland graded at PCGS
PCGS has graded one 1642 Utrecht ducat at AU58, and no other Netherlands ducats of 1642.
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1645 Utrecht |
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS 1601-1816 |
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DUCAT 1645 Netherland UTRECHT Grain Collection |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 61 |
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Owner Comments
This coin is 300 years older than my dad. It is the penultimate year of the work of the die sinker Van Vloock, and only the second of the long–time mintmaster Johan Gerobulus. The ducats minted with Van Vloock dies are distinguished by the carelessness and clumsiness of details and numerous typographical errors. Some say he was drunk on the job. The presented specimen confirms this thesis. There are errors in punctuation on the coin – an extra dot in the TRA on the obverse, careless planning of the arrangement of the letters in the legend – the letter S in the word RES is punched under the knight's foot, as well as errors in writing the legend on the reverse – BELGA.A instead of BELG.AD. Although the coin does not fascinate with its beauty in such an obvious way as, for example, the ducats minted in Utrecht two years later, it is a great testimony to the short, but extremely interesting stage of the mint's activity. Later Utrecht ducats – although still minted by hand – are all visually homogeneous.
Mint Master: Johan Gerobulus
Die Engraver: Frederick van Vloock
CONCORDIA (.) RES . P – ARVÆ . CRES . TR . A (herb)
MO . ORDI / PROVIN / FOEDER / BELGA . A / LEGEM .
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