Netherlands 1828 10 gulden
This specimen was lot 1055 in Schulman sale 375 (Amsterdam, April 2023), where it sold for €110,000 (about US$143,928 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN, WILLEM I 1815–1840, 10 Gulden of gouden tientje. 1828. Jong hoofd naar links door A. Michaut. TYPE I a (1818–1837). Mmt. fakkel, mt. mercuriusstaf. Utrechtse slag. RRRR Slechts tweemaal door Schulman verhandeld en ontbrekend in de collecties J. Berkman, Rijnbende en Virgil M. Brand. Het betreft hier een significant zeldzamer stuk dan de Gouden Tientjes 1818 U, 1820 U en 1826 U. Aangezien het illustere tientje 1829 U nooit is teruggevonden, is deze munt het zeldzaamste Gouden Tientje van de regering van Willem I. Zéér ondergewaard in de catalogus. (kingdom of the Netherlands, William I, 1815-40, ten gulden of 1838. Obverse: young head left by A. Michaut, type Ia, torch privy mark, struck at Utrecht. Extremely rare, only the second one we have handled and missing from the J. Berkman, Rijnbende and Virgil M. Brand collections. NGC graded AU Details obverse scratched, cleaned. This is a significantly rarer piece than the 1818-U, 1820-U and 1826-U. Since the illustrious 1829-U ten gulden has never been found, this coin is the rarest ten gulden from the reign of William I. Very undervalued in the catalog.)"
This type was struck in Utrecht and Brussels 1818-40; the 1828 is a rare date. The SCWC notes that the 1828/27 overdate is more common. 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: 14,640 including an 1828/27 overdate.
Specification: 6.729 g, 0.900 fine gold, 22.5 mm diameter, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS, this specimen 6.7 g.
Catalog reference: KM 56, Sch-182.
- 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.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 375, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2023.
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