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[[Image:Neth H3076-34413r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]] | [[Image:Neth H3076-34413r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 34413 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands]]: Willem III Gulden 1856 MS64 PCGS. Currently the single finest certified by PCGS, with few entering into the Mint State level at all, a soft blue and rosaceous tone creating a singular appearance." 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 .945 fine silver, the five, ten and twenty-five cent issues were only .640 fine. | + | This specimen was lot 34413 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Netherlands]]: Willem III Gulden 1856 MS64 PCGS. Currently the single finest certified by PCGS, with few entering into the Mint State level at all, a soft blue and rosaceous tone creating a singular appearance." 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 .640 fine. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 4,954,661, a common date. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 4,954,661, a common date. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 10 g, .945 fine silver, 28 mm diameter. | + | ''Specification:'' 10 g, 0.945 fine silver, 28 mm diameter. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM 93, [[On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands|Sch-609]]. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 93, [[On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands|Sch-609]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 26 January 2024
This specimen was lot 34413 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "Netherlands: Willem III Gulden 1856 MS64 PCGS. Currently the single finest certified by PCGS, with few entering into the Mint State level at all, a soft blue and rosaceous tone creating a singular appearance." 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 .640 fine.
Recorded mintage: 4,954,661, a common date.
Specification: 10 g, 0.945 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 93, Sch-609.
- 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 2014, 31e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2013.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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