Netherlands 1912 1/2 gulden

from the Enschede Collection

This type, struck 1910, 1912, 1913 and 1919, features the "mantled bust" of queen Wilhelmina. On her coronation in 1898, the regency ended and she assumed full powers of the throne. This bust was used on all the silver and gold denominations from the ten cents to the ten gulden.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000 (a common date).

Specification: 5 g, 0.945 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 146, Sch-838.

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:

• 1910 half gulden
• 1910 25 cents
• 1910 10 cents
• 1912 ½ cent
• 1912 10 cents
• 1912 ducat
• 1912 5 gulden
• 1912 10 gulden
• 1919 half gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1912
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands
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