Overijssel 1761 7 gulden Fr-274

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Künker sale 294, lot 3171

This specimen was lot 3171 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NIEDERLANDE, OVERIJSSEL, Provinz. 7 Gulden (1/2 goldener Reiter) 1761. GOLD. Fast vorzüglich. (Netherlands, province of Overijssel, seven gulden of 1761. About extremely fine.)"

This expensive type is listed for 1760-63. It was the second largest gold coin regularly issued in the United Provinces after the "gold rider" (Fr-273).

Recorded mintage: 46,000.

Specification: 4.96 g, 0.917 fine gold, .146 troy oz AGW, this specimen 4.99 g.

Catalog reference: KM 100, Delm-1061; Fr-274.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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