Gelderland 1786 gulden

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47375

This specimen was lot 47375 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. Gelderland. Gulden, 1786. Harderwijk Mint. NGC MS-62." This type is recorded for 1760-65 and 1786-95 and was minted in some numbers but is not often seen today. Similar coins are known for Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Westfriesland. The SCWC lists two mintmarks for this date; a tree stump (KM 100.1) and an ear of wheat (KM 65.7). The mint in Harderwijk closed in 1802.

Recorded mintage: 300,000.

Specification: 10.61 g, 0.920 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-100.1; Delm-1186.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1765 gulden
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• Utrecht 1786 gulden
• 1786 3 gulden
• 1788 duit, with reverse border
• Holland 1794 gulden
• Westfriesland 1794 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1786