Netherlands 1908 gulden

CNG Lissner sale, lot 686

This specimen was lot 686 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $665.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS, Kingdom. Wilhelmina. 1890-1948. AR Gulden. Utrecht mint; muntmeestertekens: halberd and winged caduceus. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake, mintmaster. Dated 1908. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Toned choice UNC." This type, struck 1898-1909, features the "coronation head" of queen Wilhelmina. On her coronation in 1898, the regency ended and she assumed full powers of the throne. This bust was used on all the silver and gold denominations from the ten cents to the ten gulden.

Recorded mintage: 4,700,000, a common date.

Specification: 10 g, 0.945 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, edge lettered GOD * ZU * MET * ONS *, designed by J. C Weinecke. This specimen 27 mm diameter, 10.05 g, 6h axis.

Catalog reference: KM 122.2; Y 26a; Sch-810.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.

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