Westfriesland 1794 gulden
This specimen was lot 23419 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. West Friesland. Gulden, 1794. West Friesland Mint. NGC AU-58. A boldly struck and pleasantly toned Gulden with sharp design detail on both sides." This type is recorded for Westfriesland throughout the eighteenth century and was minted in some numbers. This subtype was struck 1762-67, 1778, 1785, 1791-94. The design features the Netherlands virgin with hat of freedom, with spear, leaning on altar with bible. The obverse legend hanc tuemur hac nitimur means, "on her we lean, it is she whom we protect." Similar coins are known for Gelderland, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland. Utrecht was the most prolific producer. In 1793-94, the United Provinces collapsed under pressure from the French Revolution and was reorganized as the puppet Batavian Republic. Gulden of the old style continued to be minted until at least 1796.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.61 g, 0.920 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 97.5.
- 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]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.
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