Netherlands 1940 gulden

from the Enschede Collection

This type, listed for 1922-44, superseded a similar type (KM 148) struck 1910-17 with a different hairstyle for the queen. Silver gulden were struck in the Netherlands until 1940 and for the government-in-exile at the Philadelphia mint 1944-45. Postwar issues were reduced weight. This date is common in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 21,300,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.720 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 161.1, Sch-829.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1939 gulden
• 1938 5 cents
• 1940 cent
• 1940 2½ gulden
• 1944-P gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1940
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands
• return to coins of Netherlands