Live auction - fwo_340822 - NETHERLANDS - KINGDOM OF HOLLAND - LOUIS NAPOLEON 1 Ducat d'or Louis roi de Hollande, 2ème type 1809 Utrecht

NETHERLANDS - KINGDOM OF HOLLAND - LOUIS NAPOLEON 1 Ducat d or Louis roi de Hollande, 2ème type 1809 Utrecht VF

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Estimate :	1 000 €
Price :	520 €
Maximum bid :	645 €
End of the sale :	03 December 2014 17:41:48
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 1 Ducat d'or Louis roi de Hollande, 2ème type

Date: 1809

Mint name / Town : Utrecht

Quantity minted : 2370620

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 983 ‰

Diameter : 19,63 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,49 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

L’exemplaire présente une une usure régulière de circulation. Bien centrée. Restes de brillant d’origine au revers

Catalogue references :

VG.1583 - DP.1106 - KM.19/38

Obverse

Obverse legend : LODEW. NAP. KON. VAN HOLL..

Obverse description : Tête nue de Louis Ier à gauche.

Obverse translation : (Louis Napoléon roi de Hollande).

Reverse

Reverse legend : KONINGRIJK - HOLLAND.// 1809. ; DESSOUS UNE ABEILLE.

Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé.

Reverse translation : (Royaume de Hollande).

Commentary

Ce type n’est frappé qu'en 1809 et 1810, mais largement refondu après la chute de l'Empire quand Guillaume Ier devient roi des Pays-Bas en 1814. Le chiffre de fabrication comprend les deux millésimes.

Historical background

NETHERLANDS - KINGDOM OF HOLLAND - LOUIS NAPOLEON

(5/06/1806-13/12/1810)

Louis (2/09/1778-25/07/1846) was Napoleon's third brother. He was forced to marry, against his will, Hortense de Beauharnais in 1802 and was the father of Louis Napoleon (the future Napoleon III). Louis accepted the throne of Holland on June 6, 1806. At odds with his brother and trying to protect his States, he abdicated on December 13, 1810. Holland was attached to the French Empire on the same day.