My newest addition ... DENMARK 1792 Ducat NGC MS 62 Coin Information: Design: OBVERSE: Wild man standing looking left, leaning on a club and a shield with the Danish coat of arms; three crowned lions on a golden ground w/ scattered hearts; the date divided 17 – 92. The die-engraver’s initial “B” in front of his right foot. Legend: MONETA • AUREA •DANCIA • ~ REVERSE: A five-line inscription on a richly ornamental tablet. Inscription reads 1 •SPECIES DUCAT 23•½•K•ARAT 67•STYKKER 1•MARK•BRUTO Mint: Copenhagen Mintage: 1792 = ?, but total of 16,915 for the four years minted (1791,1792,1794,1802) References: KM #650 / Fr. 283 Specifications: Diameter – 21.8mm Weight – 3.4900 g. @ 0.9790 Gold = .1098 oz AG W Notes: -Minted during reign of King Christian VII (1766-1808). -The Die-engraver was Johan Ephraim Bauert. -The obverse design was modeled in slightly altered form from the Albertdaler, which had been produced for Baltic Trade since 1781. The reverse is similar to the Netherlands ducat but differes in that the value, fineness and standard weight of the coin are found. 67 of these coins were to be struck from a mark (refers to the Cologne mark of 233.856 grams) therfore the basis for the design weight of 3.490 g. -The decorated edge was incorporated into the design as a deterrent against unlawfully reducing the weight by clipping or filing. -This coin belongs to a series known as species-ducats. -The wild man—a figure from Germanic and Celtic mythology representing the 'Lord of the Beasts' or 'Green Man'. The wild man (men) figure appears in the artwork and literature of medieval and early modern Europe. Wild men are depicted as supporters on the coat of arms of Denmark as well the coat of arms of several German States and Dutch towns and cities. (ie. Prussia) - Rare issue (particuliarly this nice)
What a wonderful piece of art ... one day i will have such pieces .... till then I will just have to drool over yours
now thats a coin :thumb: anyone who reads the write up first instad of ooking at the coin is crazy. maybe later ill move to european gold coins there are only about 15 indian gold coins left
Bargain ??? Yea ... right !! As I said on another post I was Wild and Crazy . "WILD" about the coin and "CRAZY" for buying it.:goofer: Also ... I don't agree with your statement about "NEN those guys really rip u off".
you do agree with my statement then becoz in its entirety it reads those guys rip you off but sometimes you get one back, looks like you got one back then anyways what matters in this case is you got a coin which you are crazy about
WILD on this ducat, are you ? Well, so is everybody else ! Nice work, SE. Very nice. :thumb: About the size of a quarter eagle.
Doug, What wife ?? .... She left after finding the receipt on the last gold coin I bought !!! Good thing because I'd probably be dead if she had hung around and found the receipt on this baby !! Just joking Everyone .... on a more serious note, can anyone add any insight to the term "species-ducats" . Is it an exclusively Denmark series? I'm still researching but can't find much of anything.
It was common in Scandinavia, they used to call their silver & gold coins speciedaler or specieducat. Some of them are quite pricey. Specie refers to gold and/or silver when talking about money. Bout all there is to it.
