1 Ducat    (Venduta per $460.0)

1645, Netherlands, Gelderland Province. Early Gold Knight Ducat Coin. 3.47gm!

Mint date: 1645
Province: Gelderland
Denomination: Gold Knight Ducat
Condition: Minor deformations and tiny scratches, otherwise XF!
Reference: Friedberg 237, Delmonte 649, KM-5.1 ($400 in VF!). R!
Material: Pure Gold!
Diameter: 23mm
Weight: 3.48gm

Obverse: Knight standing right in armour, holding sword which rests on shoulder and a bundle of arrows, splitting date (16-33).
Legend: CONCORDIA . RES PARVAE . CRES . GEL
Expanded: "CONCORDIA RES PARvae CREScunt..."
Translated: "Through unity little things grow (Union is strength)...Gelderland."

Reverse: Legend in five lines inside ornate square. Fields around decorated with floral ornaments.
Legend: MO . ORD PROVIN FOEDER BELG AD LEG . IMP
Expanded: "MOneta ORDinum PROVINciarum FOEDERatorum BELGicarum AD LEGem IMPerii"
Translated: "Coin of government of the provincial federation of Belgium Conforming with the law of the Imperial."

em>. Bidwith confidence!

The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch Republic / Republic of the United Netherlands) was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands.