Gelderland 1760 14 gulden Fr-242
This specimen was lot 1846 in Jean Elsen sale 165 (Brussels, June 2026), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,790 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, GELDERLAND, Provincie, AV 14 gulden (gouden rijder), 1760. Vz/ Ridder r. met zwaard boven gekroond provinciewapen. Kz/ Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Met keurtekentje op vz. Is gemonteerd geweest. goede Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Gelderland, gold rider of fourteen gulden of 1760. Obverse: mounted knight leaps over the provincial arms; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality. Small privy mark on the obverse. Mount mark, good Very Fine.)"
This type, called a "golden rider," was struck 1750-51 and 1760-62. A 1760/50 overdate is reported.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.93 g, 0.917 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 9,94 g.
Catalog reference: KM 86.2, Verk. 3, 4; Delm. 653; Fr-242.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 165, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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