Netherlands 1830 10 gulden
This specimen was lot 3656 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 525 CHF (about US$627 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"THE NETHERLANDS | Kingdom of the Netherlands, Wilhelm I. 1815-1840 10 Gulden 1830. Utrecht. Vorzüglich. (kingdom of the Netherlands, William I, 1815-40, ten gulden of 1830, Utrecht mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck in Utrecht and Brussels 1818-40. For 1830, the SCWC notes the overdates 1830/20 and 1830/28. 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: 568,434 (all varieties), a better date.
Specification: 6.729 g, 0.900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS; this specimen 6.71 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-327; KM-56; Delm-1183, Sch-183.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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