Netherlands East Indies 1941-P 1/4 gulden

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 2148

This specimen was lot 2148 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $48. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Wilhelmina, 1890-1948, AR ¼ gulden, 1941-P, WWII issue struck at the United States Mint, Philadelphia, a superb lustrous example! PCGS graded MS65, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was struck in the Netherlands 1937-39 and in the United States 1941-42 and 1945, the Netherlands being under German occupation. In 1949, the Dutch gave up their attempt to reconquer their colony and Indonesia obtained its independence.

Recorded mintage: 34,947,000.

Specification: 3.18 g, 0.720 fine silver, .0736 troy oz ASW; 18.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-319.

Source:

• 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 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.
• Passon, Tom, Catalogus van de Munten van de Nederlandse Gebieden Overzee, vanaf 1601 tot heden, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 2022.
• Scholten, C., The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories, 1601-1948, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1953.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1930 quarter gulden
• 1940 1/10 gulden
• 1942-P cent
• 1942-S 1/10 gulden
• 1945-S quarter gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1941