Utrecht 1794 gulden

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a type issued for the province of Utrecht throughout the eighteenth century until 1794. The SCWC divides the production into subtypes based on the privy marks: KM 97.1 was struck 1701-08, KM 97.2 was struck 1713-14, KM 97.3 was struck 1715-27, 1732-38, KM 97.4 was struck 1748-50, KM 97.5 (shown here) was struck 1760-63, 1767, 1778, 1785, 1791-94. Each province of the Netherlands issued its own coins; besides Utrecht, there are coins for Deventer, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Overijssel, West Friesland and Zeeland, not counting various local issues. The Netherlands were swallowed up in Napoleon's empire and after his fall, reconstituted as a kingdom.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 10.61 g, .920 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 97.5.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1786 gulden
• Netherlands East Indies 1786 gulden, Utrecht mint
• Holland 1794 gulden
• Westfriesland 1794 gulden
• Netherlands West Indies 1794 gulden
• 1796 ducaton
• Coins and currency dated 1794
• return to coins of Utrecht