Netherlands 1822 3 gulden
This specimen was lot 32735 in Heritage Sale 3115 (Chicago, May 2024), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Willem I 3 Gulden 1822 Utrecht mint. A very scarce Crown-size selection from the reign of Willem I, the first of this date we are bringing to auction in our history. From the Coenen Collection." This type was struck 1817-32; the 1822 is a scarce date of a scarce type. The portrait is of William I, first king of the independent kingdom of the Netherlands. Previous kings included Louis Napoleon (1806-10), puppet of Napoleon, and Napoleon himself (1810-14). When the kingdom of the Netherlands was reconstituted in 1815 under the prince of Orange, the coinage was reformed with the gulden as the base unit. In 1840 the three gulden was dropped and the 2½ gulden adopted. After Belgium obtained her independence in 1830, the Brussels mint continued striking for the new country while the Utrecht mint operates to this day for the Dutch government.
Recorded mintage: 296,200.
Specification: 39.29 g, 0.893 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS.
Catalog reference: KM 49, Schulman-244, Dav-233.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2024 May 8 - 10 CSNS World Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction #3115, featuring the Ezen Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2024.
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