Netherlands 1921 10 cents

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47390

This specimen was lot 47390 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 10 Cents, 1921. Utrecht Mint. Wilhelmina I. PCGS MS-64." This type, listed for 1910-21 and 1925, superseded a similar type (KM 136) struck 1904-06 with a different hairstyle for the queen. Silver ten cents were struck in the Netherlands until 1941 and for the government-in-exile at the Denver, San Francisco and Philadelphia mints 1943-45. Postwar issues were in nickel. This type is common in worn condition but scarce nice.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

Specification: 1.40 g, 0.640 fine silver, 15 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-145, Sch-899.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1919 10 cents
• 1921 half gulden
• 1921 ducat
• 1925 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1921
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands