Beschreibung
Erhaltung: ss / vz | Abkürzungen
Katalognummer: Bitkin 16
Durchmesser: 22,00 mm
weight 3,58gr. | gold Ø 22mm.
During the reign of Alexander I, Dutch gold ducats from Utrecht were imitated. The knight on the Russian pieces is a bit thinner then on the Utrecht pieces. Also the ribbons around the bunch of arrows is a bit shorter. In case of the 1805 issue, the date is a bit larger as on the original Utrecht pieces. Bitkin mentions on page 975 that dies from 1804 and 1805 ducats were kept in St.Petersburg. Rare.
Bitkin 16 R
Attractive coin, struck on a broad flan.
vf/xf
