Netherlands 1886 1/2 cent
This specimen was lot 24348 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 1/2 Cent, 1886. Utrecht Mint; privy mark: broadaxe. William III. NGC MS-64 Brown. KM-109. A deep bright and highly delightful near-Gem offering unrivaled quality. Rather unsurprisingly, the finest graded of the date in the NGC census." After striking half cents virtually unchanged for 1818-77, in 1878 the weight was reduced from 1.92 g to 1.25 g and the alloy converted from copper to bronze. The issues of William III (KM 102.1 for 1878-1886) and Wilhelmina (KM 102.2 for 1891-1901) are indistinguishable except by date.
Recorded mintage: 2,200,000, a scarce date.
Specification: 1.25 g, bronze, 14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 102.1, Sch-728.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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