Netherlands 1917 10 gulden
This specimen was lot 23452 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 10 Gulden, 1917. PCGS MS-66. A luminous example with luster that effortlessly cartwheels the central designs." Ten gulden gold pieces were struck to this standard 1819-1933. They weigh about 4% more than French twenty francs. This type, struck 1911-13 and 1917, features the "mantled bust" 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. The Netherlands, remaining neutral during World War One, continued to issue gold.
Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.
Specification: 6.73 g, 0.900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-349; KM-149, Sch-748.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
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