Set Description
A full NGC Competition Set of 10 Gulden circulation issues from the reign of Queen Wilhelmina contains coins from eleven dates between 1897 and 1933, one coin per date.
My interest is in the two scarce dates, 1897 and 1898, so I have created this Custom Set tailored to 1897 and 1898 only, where I can show more than one coin per date, and also show PCGS-graded coins.
The other dates in the NGC Competition Set (four coins dated 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1917, with a portrait of Wilhelmina at age 30; and five coins dated 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932, and 1933, with a portrait of Wilhelmina at age 42) are common and can be acquired as bullion, although the highest graded coins of any date command a premium.
On coins from both 1897 and 1898, the reverse carries two symbols astride the date. On the right side, the caduceus is the mint mark for the Royal Dutch Mint at Utrecht. On the left side, the halberd is the privy mark of the mintmaster at Utrecht during those years, H. L. A. van den Wall Bake.
Each of the two scarce dates has two varieties as identified in the NGC World Coin Price Guide. For 1897 the varieties are "pearls fixed on edge" versus "pearls free from edge." For 1898 the varieties are "with dot" versus "without dot." An example of each variety for each date is shown in this set. Please see Owner Comments at each coin for a fuller description. It should be noted that neither NGC nor PCGS distinguishes these varieties on their capsule labels or in their census/population counts.
Set Goals
Show each variety of each scarce date, 1897 and 1898.
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| 10 GULDEN 1897 pearls fixed on edge |
NETHERLANDS 1817 TO DATE
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10G 1897 Netherland pearls fixed on edge
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NGC MS 66
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Mintage: 453,696 total, of which 108,771 are the variety "pearls fixed on edge."
Weight 6.7290 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 22.5 mm.
Gold content: 0.1947 ounce.
Wilhelmina was born August 31, 1880, and became queen of the Netherlands on November 23, 1890, upon the death of her father, Willem III. The coin was designed by W. J. Schammer using an image of Wilhelmina from a photograph taken by Adolphe Zimmermans in 1891 when Wilhelmina was eleven years old.
This example's variety is "pearls fixed on edge," that is, 145 u-shaped denticles ("pearls") on the reverse side extend inward from the rim. On 1897's other variety, called "pearls free from edge," 163 circular beads on the reverse side are near the rim but are set off from the rim.
The distinction in the pearls applies only to the reverse side of the coin and not to the obverse side where all coins have "pearls free from edge."
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| 10 GULDEN 1897 pearls free from edge |
NETHERLANDS 1817 TO DATE
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10G 1897 Netherland pearls free from edge
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NGC MS 67
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Mintage: 453,696 total, of which 344,925 are the variety "pearls free from edge."
Weight 6.7290 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 22.5 mm.
Gold content: 0.1947 ounce.
Wilhelmina was born August 31, 1880, and became queen of the Netherlands on November 23, 1890, upon the death of her father, Willem III. The coin was designed by W. J. Schammer using an image of Wilhelmina from a photograph taken by Adolphe Zimmermans in 1891 when Wilhelmina was eleven years old.
This example's variety is "pearls free from edge," that is, 163 circular beads ("pearls") on the reverse side are near the rim but are set off from the rim. On 1897's other variety, called "pearls fixed on edge," the "pearls" are 145 u-shaped denticles extending inward from the rim. Please see my Custom Set for my NGC MS-66 example of "pearls fixed on edge." "Pearls fixed on edge" is also seen by clicking on the "Price Guide Value: View" on this page, above right.
Out of 453,696 total coins minted, 108,771 coins (24%) were minted with "pearls fixed on edge" and 344,925 coins (76%) were minted with "pearls free from edge." In the order of minting, the "fixed" coins were minted first, then the design was modified and the "free" coins were minted second.
The distinction in the pearls applies only to the reverse side of the coin and not to the obverse side where all coins have "pearls free from edge."
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| 10 GULDEN 1898 with dot |
NETHERLANDS 1817 TO DATE
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10G 1898 Netherland with dot
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NGC MS 64
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Mintage: 99,239 total of both varieties.
Weight 6.7290 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 22.5 mm.
Gold content: 0.1947 ounce.
Wilhelmina was formally enthroned on September 6, 1898, upon reaching her eighteenth birthday. The coin was designed by the sculptor Pier Pander using Wilhelmina's inauguration portrait at age eighteen.
The 1898 coins were actually minted in 1900 but were dated 1898 to honor Wilhelmina's inauguration.
This example's variety is "with dot," that is, there is a dot between the designer's first-name initial "P" and last name "PANDER." The inscription "P • PANDER" appears below the bust. The other variety, "without dot," is said to be scarcer than "with dot" but exact mintages are not known.* Please see my Custom Set for my PCGS MS-66 example "without dot."
*The online coin catalogue numista.com reports that a census of its users who own this date shows that 76% own the "with dot" variety and 38% own the "without dot" variety (some own both). Numista's percentages will vary with each new user added to its census but its census ratio has remained constant at about two-to-one for several years.
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| 10 GULDEN 1898 without dot |
NETHERLANDS 1817 TO DATE
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10G 1898 Netherland without dot
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PCGS MS 66
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Mintage: 99,239 total of both varieties.
Weight 6.7290 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 22.5 mm.
Gold content: 0.1947 ounce.
Wilhelmina was formally enthroned on September 6, 1898, upon reaching her eighteenth birthday. The coin was designed by the sculptor Pier Pander using Wilhelmina's inauguration portrait at age eighteen.
The 1898 coins were actually minted in 1900 but were dated 1898 to honor Wilhelmina's inauguration.
This example's variety is "without dot," that is, there is no dot between the designer's first-name initial "P" and last name "PANDER." The inscription "P PANDER" appears below the bust. The variety "without dot" is said to be scarcer than "with dot" but exact mintages are not known. The online coin catalogue numista.com reports that a census of its users who own this date shows that about twice as many own the "with dot" variety as own the "without dot" variety.
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