Westfriesland 1761 14 gulden Fr-298
This specimen was lot 1041 in Schulman sale 375 (Amsterdam, April 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WEST-FRIESLAND Het Gewest 1581 - 1795, Gouden rijder. 1761. Type II. Ruiter naar rechts boven gewestelijk wapentje, mmt. haringbuis na omschrift. Kz. generaliteitswapen tussen waarde I4 - GL– jaartal boven de kroon. Kabelrand. R Centraal wat zwak uitgemunt, feitelijk zoals geslagen. Vrijwel FDC. (province of Westfriesland, golden rider of 1761, type II. Obverse: mounted knight charges over the regional arms, herring ship mintmark; reverse: crowned arms of the Generality divides the value. Slightly weakly struck in the center, otherwise about uncirculated.)"
This expensive type is listed for 1749-51 and 1760-63. Some of the 1761 issue has a rooster mintmark. The gouden rijder was the largest gold coin regularly issued in the United Provinces.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.93 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen 9.94 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-843; V. 60.3; PW. 09; Fr-298; KM 130.
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- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 375, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2023.
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