Netherlands Antilles 1980 300 gulden

Stack's Bowers 2020 ANA sale, lot 23443

This specimen was lot 23443 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. 300 Gulden, 1980. NGC PROOF-63 Ultra Cameo. Variety without privy marks. Issued for the abdication of Queen Juliana. An unusual and brilliant proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices. Sold with original box of issue." This NCLT commemorated the abdication of queen Juliana in 1980 and the accession of her daughter Beatrix. This issue was supposed to have cock and star privy marks but a few (including the example shown here) were released without.

Recorded mintage: 29,300 plus 12,000 proofs (all varieties).

Specification: 5.04 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-29.2.

Source:

• 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.
• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1976 200 gulden, United States Bicentennial
• Netherlands Antilles 1978 100 gulden, 50th anniversary of the Netherlands Antilles bank
• 1980 10 gulden
• 1982 2½ gulden
• 1984 cent
• 1984 2½ cents
• 1984 5 cents
• 1984 10 cents
• 1984 25 cents
• 1984 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1980