Country: Netherlands
Series: 1849~1890 - 3rd King William III
Catalog codes: World Coins km82
Catalog NVMH: Nr 596
Issued on: 1849
Last issue date: 1874
Date this coin: 1870
Year mintage: 6.639.847
Distribution: Standard Circulation
Mints: Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Composition: Silver
Edge: Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape: Circular
Rim: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight: 25 grams
Diameter: 38 mm
Face value: 2½ Dutch gulden
Known mintage: 109,458,000
Composition Details: 945/1000 Silver .7596 oz ASW, 55/1000 copper
Description:
Front: Crowned escutcheon between (value, left) 2½ (right) G (Gulden)
(lower-left, mint master's privy mark) sword, (H.A. van den Wall Bake, 1846-1874)
(lower-right, mint mark) ☤ caduceus (Utrecht Mint, 1806-)
legend: (top, year) 1849 until 1874 between (spacers/dots) .
(type) MUNT VAN HET KONIGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN
Back: Head 3rd king William III (right, 1849-1890, 3rd Grand duke of Luxembourg)
legend: (left, ruler) WILLEM III KONING (right, titles) DER NED.G.H.V.L.
(Nederlanden Groothertog van Luxemburg)
Designer: (bottom, below bust) I.P.SCHOUWBERG.F.
Edge: PiT - Plain with incuse text (motto):
G O D ☆ Z IJ ☆ M E T ☆ O N S ☆
Quality: Vf (very fine) Zf (zeer fraai)