Brief Dutch History
Holland borders the North Sea, Germany and Belgium. It was part of the Empire of Charlemagne in the 8th and 9th centuries, after which it came under the control of Burgundy, the Austrian Hapsburg Empire, Spain, France and Germany. The United Netherlands Republic was formed in 1581, and as such the Netherlands became a great sea-power in the 17th century. This was ended in 1795 when Napoleonic France formed the Batavian Republic. In 1813, the french were expelled, and a United Netherlands re-emerged until Belgium withdrew in 1830. Holland was occupied by Germany from 1940 to 1945.
At various times in its history The Netherlands consisted of a number of states or provinces with varying degrees of independence,

Dutch Gold Coins
Because of its long history, The Netherlands has issued a large variety of different gold coins, of different weight and sizes. Some coins have more than one different name. For example guilders are called gulden or florins, which can cause confusion, indeed even the country has more than one name, being Holland or The Netherlands to English speakers but Der Nederlanden to the Dutch. Amongst the variety of Dutch coin names are ducats, florins, florins d'or, duits, stuivers, cavaliers, gulden or guilders, and ducatons. Most of these have been issued in multiple and fractional versions.

Dutch Gold Coin Types
We intend to give each of the Netherlands gold coin types its own page eventually. For now we have created separate pages for:-

• 1875 Willem III 10 Guilders
• 1876 to 1889 Willem III 10 Guilders
• 1911 to 1917 Wilhelmina 10 Guilders
• 1925 to 1933 Wilhelmina 10 Guilders
• Ducats

Technical Specifications

Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Fineness	Gold Content
1 Gulden	25	11.0000	.750	.2652
5 Gulden	18	3.3645	.900	.0973
10 Gulden	22	6.7290	.900	.1947
20 Gulden	26	13.4580	.900	.3894
1 Ducat	22	3.5000	.983	.1106

Prices & Availability
The prices quoted in the US $ column may be out of date due to currency fluctuations.

Date	Denomination	Grade	Mintage	Availability	Price £	Price $
1875	10 Guilders	about Uncirculated	3,000,000	Yes	£75	$142
1875	10 Guilders	EF	3,000,000	Sold	£65	$123
1876	10 Guilders	EF		Sold	£65	$123
1877	10 Guilders	EF		about Uncirculated	£75	$132
1879	10 Guilders	EF		Sold	£65	$123
1911	10 Guilders	about Uncirculated	775,000	Sold	£65	$123
1912	5 Guilders	almost EF	1,000,000	Sold	£40	$76
1912	10 Guilders	about Uncirculated	3,000,000	Yes	£65	$123
1913	10 Guilders	about Uncirculated	1,113,000	Yes	£65	$123
1917	10 Guilders	about Uncirculated	4,000,000	Yes	£65	$123
1925	10 Guilders	Uncirculated	2,000,000	Sold	£65	$123
1927	10 Guilders	Uncirculated	1,000,000	Yes	£65	$123
1932	10 Guilders	Uncirculated	4,324,000	Yes	£65	$123
1933	10 Guilders	Uncirculated	2,462,000	Sold	£70	$132
1978	1 Ducat	Uncirculated	29,000	Yes	£65	$110

2001 - The Last Gold Guilder

Postage & Packing
UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £6 per order
EU Insured Post £10 per order
USA Airmail $10 per order
USA Insured Shipping $20 per order

Dutch Silver and Base Metal Coins
For silver and base metal coins of Netherlands (Holland), please look at our original Chard Coins website.

See Also
Netherlands Antilles