Netherlands 1952 5 cents

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3221

This specimen was lot 3221 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS: Juliana, 1948-1980, AE 5 cents, 1952, superb luster, very small mintage, NGC graded Proof 64 RD, RR." Queen Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 in protest of Dutch colonial policy in Indonesia in favor of her daughter, Juliana, who would rule until 1980. New coin types were therefore necessary and were introduced in 1950. This bronze five cents was struck without change until 1980. No dates are rare.

Recorded mintage: 14,400,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 3.5 g, bronze, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-181, Y-54, Schulman-1202 (unlisted as proof).

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 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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• 1953 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1952
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands