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1943 5 CENTS |
| Origin/Country: |
CURACAO |
| Design Description: |
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| Item Description: |
5C 1943 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 65 |
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Owner Comments
Curaçao/Suriname - KM #40 - 1943 (P) 5 Cents - Total Mintage: 8,595,000
Curaçao: 500,000 minted in 1943
Curaçao: 1,500,000 minted in 1944 (dated 1943)
Suriname: 6,595,000 minted in 1944 (dated 1943)
The coin does not bear either a palm tree privy mark or a mint mark, but it was struck expressly for use in Curaçao and Suriname by the Philadelphia mint during World War II while The Netherlands was occupied by Germany. The homeland type of KM#153 was last issued in the Netherlands in 1940.
Date acquired: 8/31/2013 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 1/9/2016
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1943/1P 25 CENTS |
| Origin/Country: |
CURACAO |
| Design Description: |
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| Item Description: |
25C 1943/1P |
| Full Grade: |
NGC AU 55 |
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Owner Comments
Curacao - 1943/1 P (Palm Privy) 25Cents - Mintage: 2,500,000 (Variety mintage unknown)
This is the very rare over-punched date variety. The remnant of the one is just barely visible in the lower loop of the 3.
This is one of only three certified examples of this rare variety.
Date acquired: 11/8/2013 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 1/20/2018
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1944D 1/4 GULDEN |
| Origin/Country: |
CURACAO |
| Design Description: |
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| Item Description: |
1/4G 1944D |
| Full Grade: |
NGC AU 58 |
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Owner Comments
Curaçao - 1944D (Palm Privy) 1/4 Gulden - KM #44 - Mintage: 1,500,000
This coin was minted by the Denver Mint during World War II for circulation in the Dutch Colony of Curaçao.
This particular coin is a nice example of this relatively common coin.
Date acquired: 5/16/2006 (raw coin)
Date graded: 9/18/2015 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 10/31/2015
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1944D 2.5 GULDEN |
| Origin/Country: |
CURACAO |
| Design Description: |
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| Item Description: |
2.5G 1944D |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 65 |
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Owner Comments
Curaçao - 1944D (Palm Tree privy mark) - 2-1/2 Gulden (KM# 46) - Mintage: 200,000 (140,000)
(60,000 coins melted down after minting)
Obverse: Head of Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina I facing left
Obverse Legend: WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN (Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands)
Reverse: Crowned Shield from the coat of arms dividing the denomination
Reverse Legend: MUNT VAN CURAÇAO (Mint of Curaçao), date below
Edge Lettering: GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS * (God be with us)
This coin was minted in Denver for circulation in the Dutch Colony of Curaçao during World War II. It is interesting to note that the O in CURAÇAO is actually tilted.
The portrait of Queen Wilhelmina used on the Dutch coinage changed as the Queen aged. At the time these coins were struck, the Queen was 64 years old and was living in exile in England. The third style of her left facing portrait which dominates the obverse of this coin, was first used in 1921 when she was just 41 years old.
The primary element on the reverse is the central shield from the Dutch coat of arms topped by the Dutch royal crown. The background (field) of the shield is azure which is a dark royal blue that is represented by horizontal lines in engraving. Also part of the background is gold billetty which are vertically oriented gold blocks, twice as long as they are wide, arranged in rows but not directly underneath each other. A hatched pattern of dots is used in engraving to represent the gold color of the billets. The lion is rampant (standing on his back legs), crowned with a coronet, and is also gold with a red tongue and red claws. In his sinister (left front) paw he is holding seven silver arrows bound together with a gold ribbon, representing the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht. In his dexter (right front) paw he is brandishing a silver sword with a golden hilt representing the determination to defend their liberty.
This is a beautiful, bright white coin with minimal scuffs and contact marks. It still feels like it should be MS66.
Date acquired: 12/1/2019 (raw coin)
Date graded: 8/4/2020 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 8/14/2020
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