Country: Netherlands
Series: 1840~1849 - 2nd King William II
Catalog codes: World Coins km69.2
Catalog NVMH nr 515
Issued on: 1843
Last issue date: 1849
Year this coin: 1848
Year mintage: 8.839.330
Distribution: Standard Circulation
Mints: Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Composition: Silver
Edge: Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)
Shape: Circular
Rim: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight: 25 grams
Diameter: 38 mm
Face value: 2½ Dutch gulden
Known mintage: 27,184,252
Composition Details: 945/1000 Silver .7596 oz ASW, 55/1000 copper
Description:
Front: Crowned escutcheon between (value, left) 2½ and (right) G (Gulden)
(lower-left, mint master's privy mark) ⚜ lily (P.C.G. Poelman 1838-1845)
(lower-right, mint mark) caduceus (Utrecht Mint, 1806-)
legend: (top, year) 1841 until 1849 between spacers/dots) .
(type) MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN
Back: Bust 2nd King Wiliam II (left, 1840-1849)
Note: with high Ear
legend: (ruler, left) WILLEM II KONING (right) DER NEDERLANDEN
Designer: (on truncation) VDK (VDK)
Edge: PiT - Plain with incuse text: G O D * Z IJ * M E T * O N S *
Formerly known as: c92
Quality: Xf (extremely fine) P (Prachtig)