Issued as part of the Dutch "Nederland en de Kunst" series celebrating national artistic heritage, this piece commemorates the Dutch Golden Age painting tradition — the period in the 17th century when Amsterdam's merchant wealth funded an unprecedented explosion of studio output, with estimates suggesting over a million paintings produced in the Dutch Republic between 1640 and 1700. The series was struck in limited numbers for the collector market and never intended for circulation.
KM#312 is among the smaller-format gold issues from the Utrecht facility during this run.
Issued as part of the Dutch "Nederland en de Kunst" series celebrating national artistic heritage, this piece commemorates the Dutch Golden Age painting tradition — the period in the 17th century when Amsterdam's merchant wealth funded an unprecedented explosion of studio output, with estimates suggesting over a million paintings produced in the Dutch Republic between 1640 and 1700. The series was struck in limited numbers for the collector market and never intended for circulation.
KM#312 is among the smaller-format gold issues from the Utrecht facility during this run.