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[[Image:Netherlands S20-03096q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 20, lot 3096]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3096 in Sincona sale 20 (Zurich, October 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "1 Gulden 1864. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich. (choice extremely fine.)" 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 0.640 fine.  
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This specimen was lot 3096 in Sincona sale 20 (Zürich, October 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "1 Gulden 1864. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich. (choice extremely fine.)" 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 0.640 fine.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 3,600,143 (a somewhat better date).
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 3,600,143 (a somewhat better date).

Revision as of 15:25, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 20, lot 3096

This specimen was lot 3096 in Sincona sale 20 (Zürich, October 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "1 Gulden 1864. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich. (choice extremely fine.)" 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 0.640 fine.

Recorded mintage: 3,600,143 (a somewhat better date).

Specification: 10 g, 0.945 fine silver, .303 troy oz ASW, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 9.97 g.

Catalog reference: KM 93, Sch-616.

Source:

  • Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Numismatic Coins & Medals: Auction 20, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2014.

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