Netherlands 1824-B 10 gulden

Heritage sale 3030, lot 24739

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

from the Enschede Collection

engraver's initials

The first specimen was lot 24739 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $1,116.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Willem I gold 10 Gulden 1824-B, MS65 NGC, fully brilliant and most attractive, scarce when graded this high." This type was struck in Utrecht and Brussels 1818-40; the 1824-B is a common date. The portrait is of William I, first king of the independent kingdom of the Netherlands. Previous kings included Louis Napoleon (1806-10), puppet of Napoleon, and Napoleon himself (1810-14). When the kingdom of the Netherlands was reconstituted in 1815 under the prince of Orange, the coinage was reformed with the gulden as the base unit. The ten gulden was 4.3% heavier than the contemporary French twenty francs.

Recorded mintage: 3,735,006 (3,639,006^[2]).

Specification: 6.729 g, .900 fine gold, .194 troy oz AGW, edge lettered GOD ZY MET ONS.

Catalog reference: Sch-190, KM 56.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[2]Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2014, 31^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2013.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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