Difference between revisions of "Netherlands 1888 10 gulden"
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| − | This specimen was lot 23450 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $528. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "NETHERLANDS. 10 Gulden, 1888. PCGS MS-65. A much better date and the lowest output of the type with a mintage of only 35,585 pieces. Only surpassed by two coins in the PCGS grading census." This is an available date of a common type struck in the Netherlands 1876-89 during the reign of William III. Ten gulden gold pieces were struck to this standard 1819-1933. They weigh about 4% more than French twenty francs. This is the only Dutch coin bearing the date 1888. | + | This specimen was lot 23450 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $528. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands|NETHERLANDS]]. 10 Gulden, 1888. PCGS MS-65. A much better date and the lowest output of the type with a mintage of only 35,585 pieces. Only surpassed by two coins in the PCGS grading census." This is an available date of a common type struck in the Netherlands 1876-89 during the reign of William III. Ten gulden gold pieces were struck to this standard 1819-1933. They weigh about 4% more than French twenty francs. This is the only Dutch coin bearing the date 1888. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 35,585. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 35,585. | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 15 March 2023
This specimen was lot 23450 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS. 10 Gulden, 1888. PCGS MS-65. A much better date and the lowest output of the type with a mintage of only 35,585 pieces. Only surpassed by two coins in the PCGS grading census." This is an available date of a common type struck in the Netherlands 1876-89 during the reign of William III. Ten gulden gold pieces were struck to this standard 1819-1933. They weigh about 4% more than French twenty francs. This is the only Dutch coin bearing the date 1888.
Recorded mintage: 35,585.
Specification: 6.73 g, .900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-342; KM-106, Sch-557.
- Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
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