Netherlands 1829-B 10 gulden
This specimen was lot 3224 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $5,405. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 10 Gulden, 1829-B. Brussels Mint. NGC AU-53. Lower mintage year for Brussels Mint issues and VERY RARE as such. Mild even wear to highest points of reverse lion and the head is essentially untouched. Minimal bag marks in fields. Lightly toned with subdued luster beneath." This type was struck in Utrecht and Brussels 1818-40; the 1829-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: 83,943, a rare date.
Specification: 6.729 g, 0.900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS.
Catalog reference: Fr-329; KM-56; Delm-1184, Sch-195.
- 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.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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