Utrecht 1758 1/4 gulden

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Künker Auction 441, lot 5067

This specimen was lot 5067 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €440 (about US$605 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NIEDERLANDE, UTRECHT Provinz. 1/4 Gulden (Münzmeisterpfennig / Muntmeesterpenning zu 5 Stuiver) 1758, Utrecht. Münzzeichen Wappenschild von Utrecht. Münzmeister J. Chr. Novisadi. Stempelschneider Lorentz Natter oder Johan Conrad Marmé. Prachtexemplar mit herrlicher Tönung. Fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Slg. Lodewijk S. Beuth, Teil 2, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker/Laurens Schulman 414, Osnabrück 2024, Nr. 4822. (Netherlands, province of Utrecht, quarter gulden or five stuivers of 1758, Utrecht mint. Choice example with superb toning, about uncirculated.)"

The quarter gulden (= five stuivers) was struck 1758-59 only and was likely abandoned in favor of the scheepjesschelling (six stuivers) already in production.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.65 g, 0.920 fine silver, .289 troy oz ASW, this specimen 3,09 g.

Catalog reference: Purmer/van der Wiel Ut 76; CNM 2.43.126, KM 113.

Source:

  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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