1/4 Gulden `Kwartgulden`

€42,459.00
IssuerNetherlands West Indies
Year1794-1795
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1/4 Gulden
CurrencyGulden (1675-1795)
CompositionSilver (.920)
Weight2.650 g
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#2, Scholt II#1355, CNO#58.3, Ver#204.3
Obverse descriptionCrowned arms of the Generality of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands between value, under which the W of West Indies. Abbreviated Latin text surrounding.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringMO : ARG : ORD : FŒD : BELG : TRAI. 1/4 GL. W
(Translation: Silver Money of the Unites Provinces of the Netherlands, Utrecht.)
Reverse descriptionThe Dutch Virgin with a spear in her right hand on which is a Cap of Liberty and her left arm on the Bible, which is on an ornamented pillar. Date below. Text in Latin surrounding.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringHAC NITIMVR HANC TVEMVR 1794
(Translation: On her we lean, her we protect.)
EdgeCabled
Mint
Mintage1794  - Trial strike; FŒD; Smaller size 19 mm - 1
1794  - W above FŒ -
1794  - W above FŒD (mintage including FŒ) - 20 150
1795  - - 1
Catalog ID9792182920
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