Today I was at a coin store, and a 1726 netherlands ducat was offered for sale. I believe it would grade in the xf-au range. I weighed it on my pocket scale, which indicated the weight was 3.54 grams. Would anyone be kind enough to tell me if this weight is within tolerances, assuming they had them back them. I don't want to purchase a counterfeit coin, which leads me to my next question: Is this the type of coin that would be frequently counterfeited? The dealer was offering it for 220 dollars, and nothing about the coin looked suspicious. I'm anxiously awaiting my Krause book which is still in Pennsylvania
It would be about the right weight I think. A coin like that is pretty expensive so I would think that it would be a good candidate for counterfeiting...just an opinion, not expert.
The weight is spot on. Could it be a fake ? Yes, but not likely given the weight. If you can get a pic Zane I can pretty much confirm it. What's the mint by the way ? If you don't know how to tell just tell me what the legends are on the obverse and I can tell you - it will be Holland, West Friesland or Utrecht. Different mints had slightly different designs at that time by the way. I don't own a 1726, but here's a couple examples of what I mean - Utrecht 1724 Holland 1729 Almost forgot, the price - I'd buy it at that
Doug, It was definitely Utrecht. That 1729 from holland is gorgeous! The obverse of the coin I was looking at was identical to the first one you posted, and I can only vaguely remember the reverse. I believe it said MOORD PROV or something like that with 2 lines of writing underneath those two. I plan on picking up the coin either tommorrow or Friday : O
Both of those coins were recovered from shipwrecks - the entire mintages for those dates and mints were lost in the wrecks. Here's the reverses - Post pics when ya get it
I plan on picking this one up Friday, and when I do I'll post pics! Doug, just out of curiousity, is it possible my coin was recovered from a shipwreck? I would definitely like to get a 24 or 29, since they were recovered. That to me adds to the value of the coin, knowing exactly some of the history behind it!
I am unaware of a wreck for that year. Certainly doesn't mean there wasn't one, but most of the recoveries are well known and documented.
I misread the first time I believe. I didn't realize there were two seperate wrecks. I will keep a sharp eye out for one of those two years : )
