Holland 1763 7 gulden
This specimen was lot 1495 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €550 (about US$716 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, HOLLAND, Provincie, AV 7 gulden (halve gouden rijder), 1763. Vz/ Ridder n.r. met zwaard boven gekroond provinciewapen. Kz/ Gekroond Generaliteitswapen. Zeldzaam. Miniem montagespoor op kz. (Netherlands, province of Holland, gold seven gulden or half golden rider of 1763. Obverse: mounted knight with sword charges over the provincial arms; reverse: arms of the Generality. Rare, small mount mark, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1749-51 and 1760-63.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.96 g, 0.920 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 4,86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 96, Verk. 40, 5; Delm. 783; Fr-254.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 161, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
Link to:
- 1760 7 gulden (halve gouden rijder)
- 1762 14 gulden (gouden rijder)
- Holland 1763 2 stuivers, struck in gold
- 1763 6 stuivers (scheepjesschelling), struck in gold
- 1763 ducat
- 1763 double ducat
- 1763 14 gulden (gouden rijder)
- Coins and currency dated 1763