Netherlands Gold Ducats
1588 Holland
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
NETHERLANDS - TO 1600 |
| Item Description: |
DUCAT 1588 Netherland HOLLAND (3.50g) |
| Full Grade: |
NGC AU 55 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
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.