Netherlands 1825-B 10 gulden
This specimen was lot 30890 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $558.13. The catalog description[1] noted, "Willem I gold 10 Gulden 1825-B, XF Details (Light Surfaces Hairlines) NGC. Early nineteenth century issue of King William I struck at the mint in Brussels." This type was struck in Utrecht and Brussels 1818-40; the 1825-B is a common date. 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. The ten gulden was 4.3% heavier than the contemporary French twenty francs.
Recorded mintage: 3,821,017.
Specification: 6.729 g, 0.900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, 22.5 mm diameter, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS.
Catalog reference: Sch-191, KM 56, Fr-329.
- 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.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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