Gelderland 1762 14 gulden Fr-242

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Heritage sale 3076, lot 32015
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This specimen was lot 32015 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "Gelderland. Provincial gold 14 Gulden (Gold Rider) 1762 MS61 NGC. Impressive to behold as a joint consequence of its rarity, brightness, and uniformly bold strike, any handling seemingly light for the assigned grade and confined to smaller instances." This type was struck 1750-51 and 1762. It was the largest gold coin regularly issued in the United Provinces.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.93 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 86.1, Fr-242.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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