Netherlands 1856 gulden

Heritage sale 3076, lot 34413

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 34413 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Netherlands: Willem III Gulden 1856 MS64 PCGS. Currently the single finest certified by PCGS, with few entering into the Mint State level at all, a soft blue and rosaceous tone creating a singular appearance." This type was struck 1850-67 in substantial numbers. No one gulden coins were struck between 1867 and 1892. Curiously, while the half, one and 2½ gulden pieces were 0.945 fine silver, the five, ten and twenty-five cent issues were only .640 fine.

Recorded mintage: 4,954,661, a common date.

Specification: 10 g, 0.945 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 93, Sch-609.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2014, 31e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2013.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

Link to:

• 1855 5 cents
• 1855 gulden
• 1856 2½ gulden
• 1857 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1856
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands