Netherlands 1832 10 gulden
This specimen was lot 7031 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 10 Gulden, 1832. Utrecht Mint. NGC MS-64. Highly attractive unhandled example showing only the mist of trivial contact marks visible under magnification, a few light adjustment marks near rim at twelve o'clock. Full mint bloom throughout with some light orange toning clinging around the devices." This type was struck in Utrecht and Brussels 1818-40; the 1832 is a common date, tho the 1832/1 and 1832/24 varieties are rare. 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: 1,372,000, an available date.
Specification: 6.729 g, 0.900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS.
Catalog reference: Fr-327; KM-56; Delm-1183, Sch-185.
- 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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