This particular coin personally ranks high up on my epic silver ship collection. Considering the long maritime history of the Dutch trade the Utrecht Ducat became for a time recognized as ‘the’ preferred money of international trade and now a special place among my treasures.
“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven
How this coin came into my hands.
Ben of HK Colonial Coin pulled this rabbit out of the hat find to my delight. Bad news was I had already spent twice my Dollar Cost Average buy more than twice over by now. It was those Scottsdale Bars as in the previous post. So I’m out of discretionary cash. Should I dip into my Emergency Reserve Funds? I still owe 80% my Hot water tank and refrigerator replacement costs. 🤔kay.
A rare old banknote from the overseas territory of the Netherlands is the former Dutch New Guinea that is ceded to Indonesia in 1962. I’m not going to ask how much this note is worth.
With a grin he whistled to the tune of, “I saw three ships on on Christmas Day" as he logged into his account and sent the cash.
I didn’t argue it.
He reiterated that our late Mom wanted all her children to be happy and be unburdened by her departure and the funds will eventually come out of his portion of her estate when it gets all settled. It looks like good value for the price getting this as PCGS MS 69 at the comparable value of an NGC MS 63. Plenty of wiggle room margin. The only peculiar unknown being the quantity minted with the only clue is Numista’s own rarity index of 94.
Why do I like this coin?
The Netherlands economy dominated in international trade from 1640 to 1720 and the Utrecht Ducat became the preferred currency of trade in Europe and the Indies. The Armored knight holding a sword and seven arrows was emblematic of Dutch economic dominance at the time. In my thinking this is familiar to me as the Pillars of the Spanish 8 Reals, or St. George and the Dragon of the British Sovereign.
We can see that the designer chose to denominate this in Daalders as in the original Silver ducat as it is also referred to as the Rijksdaalder for historical consistency.
The next reason is the magnificent design of the Reverse. @silverd510 would love it,
Three classes of ships were the backbone of the economic dominance of Dutch trade.
The Fluyt and it’s designed primarily as a cargo ship maximizing cargo, smaller crews, shallow draft to navigate close to shore and traveling into estuaries where most ships cannot. These ships were no more than 300 ton displacement and up to 24 meters length. And because of the design it cannot be refitted with guns in times of war.
The Dutch Galleon was the principle ship providing protection over the merchant ships and trade routes from enemies and of course pirates.
And the third class of ship were the East Indiaman class merchant ships displacing from 400 to 1300 tons much larger than the Fluyt yet well-armed against most aggressors.
The reverse suggests the larger left ship as a Galleon. Are the smaller two galleons or East Indianman ships? OR all three are E.I.s? Remember that the Fluyt is unarmed. I cannot find the original Certificate Of Authenticity information about the Designer’s thoughts at this time. What do you think?
Either way, this is a genuine keeper of a large 5 oz. silver ship coin!
Thank you for coming aboard today, may the afterglow of the Christmas Spirit be with you all year round.
And another thank you for this gift coin @punkysdad 🤗🎅
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References & Sources
Wiki; Daalder.
Sailing ships of the Netherlands: A voyage through Time
1645 Utrecht Gold Ducat.
NGC Coin Value 1985 5 Daalder. $225 MS63
AbountFinancials.com; World Reserve Currency History.
Photos are my own, shot with an ancient 2018 Samsung SM-A530W or otherwise indicated.
P. Image under Pixabay
W. Wiki Commons
☠️🎃 Page Dividers by thekittygirl. ❄️🌞
Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe.
The 2024 Hive 0.999 Silver Round.
Reader’s Digest Great World Atlas, page 98, Copyright 1997 Canada, ISBN 0-89577-988-9.
Physical precious metals bullion stacking is only a part of my personal overall financial strategy. Meanwhile, collecting numismatics are a different set of objectives and strategy. Unless you are a complete nutcase as I am please, do your research before deciding to buy into any bullion or numismatic products.
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