Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 122

June 13-16 Pre-Long Beach Auction

Netherlands

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1742		Netherlands. 10 Gulden, 1824-B (Brussels). Fr-329; KM-56. Weight 0.1947 ounce. William I. PCGS graded AU-53. In special PCGS Ship of Gold holder which contains One Pinch of Gold Dust recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. Special PCGS number 674150.53/35474714. Estimated Value $500 - UP On 2 June 1824, the Netherlands ratified a new Anglo-Dutch Treaty, also known as the Treaty of London with Great Britain. This settlement was negotiated to settle disputes that had arisen from the 1814 Anglo-Dutch Treaty. The latter had restored many Dutch colonial possessions in India and the East Indies that had been seized by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, but tensions began to rise between the countries with the establishment of the British colony of Singapore on the Malay Peninsula in 1820. The Dutch argued that Singapore had been illegally occupied by the British because the treaty that established the colony had been made with the Sultanate of Johor, which was subject to Dutch influence. The 1824 Anglo-Dutch treaty aimed at creating two clearly demarcated colonial spheres of influence that could exist without conflict and encourage easy trade for both French and Dutch merchants. In order to create a clear British sphere focused on India and Malaysia, the Netherlands agreed to cede Dutch India and Malacca on the Malay Peninsula while a Dutch sphere formed in the islands of the East Indies, supported by the British restoration of Java and the cession of all British possessions on Sumatra. It was furthermore agreed that neither the Netherlands nor Great Britain would make colonial inroads into each other's spheres but that merchants from each country could trade with preferential status in either sphere. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,440
Lot 1743		Netherlands. 10 Gulden, 1824-B (Brussels). Fr-329; KM-56. Weight 0.1947 ounce. William I. PCGS graded EF-40. In special PCGS Ship of Gold holder which contains One Pinch of Gold Dust recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. Special PCGS number 674150.40/35474682. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,260
Lot 1744		Netherlands. 10 Gulden, 1824-B (Brussels). Fr-329; KM-56. Weight 0.1947 ounce. William I. PCGS graded VF-25. In special PCGS Ship of Gold holder which contains One Pinch of Gold Dust recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. Special PCGS number 674150.25/35474699. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,080
Lot 1745		Netherlands. 10 Gulden, 1825-B (Brussels). Fr-329; KM-56. Weight 0.1947 ounce. William I. PCGS graded EF-45. In special PCGS Ship of Gold holder which contains One Pinch of Gold Dust recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. Special PCGS number 674239.45/35474703. Estimated Value $500 - UP From 3 to 5 February 1825, a great storm in the North Sea created severe flood conditions along the coast of Germany and especially in the Netherlands, much of which are below sea-level and always at risk of flooding. In the Netherlands' northern provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Overijssel the violent storm surge of the North Sea overtopped the dykes, devastating the cities and towns that were normally protected by them. The February flood of 1825 was the worst natural disaster to hit the Netherlands over the course of the entire nineteenth century. Although the Netherlands received assistance from other countries in the repair and rebuilding efforts that followed, this great disaster had no impact on modifications to the old dyke system. It would take more than another century and the destruction inflicted by the 1953 flood for the Netherlands to authorize the Delta Works, a system to close the mouths of estuaries in an emergency. While the Netherlands was rebuilding itself in the aftermath of the flood, it was also divesting itself of parts of its eastern colonial empire. In compliance with the 1824 Anglo-Dutch treaty that established distinct British and Dutch spheres of influence in South Asia and the East Indies, in 1825 the Netherlands transferred its possessions in India and its Malaysian colony of Malacca to British control. While this agreement permanently terminated the Dutch colonial empire in India and the Malay Peninsula, it gave the Netherlands a free hand to exploit the profitable islands of the Dutch East Indies without direct competition from Great Britain. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,680
Lot 1746		Netherlands. 10 Gulden, 1840 (Utrecht). Fr-327; KM-56. William I. PCGS graded MS-63+. In special PCGS Ship of Gold holder which contains One Pinch of Gold Dust recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. Special PCGS number 674280.63+/35474741. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP The autocratic William I of the Netherlands reached the nadir of his popularity with the Dutch people by 1840. The year before, he had been forced to recognize the independence of Belgium, a former Dutch territory that had separated in revolution in 1831, but was formally supported as a neutral state by the Great Powers of Europe in 1839. Nevertheless, he refused to implement long-demanded reforms even as a new constitution was formulated for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1840. Adding to his unpopularity in this year was the announcement of his intention to marry Henriëtte d'Oultremont, who was not only Catholic (the royal house of Orange-Nassau was traditionally and strictly Protestant), but also a native of the recently-independent Belgium. Finally concluding that his continued reign over the Netherlands would bring him no joy and could potentially destroy the country and the monarchy, on 7 October 1840, William I abdicated the throne in favor of his son, William II. This gold 10-guilders piece was struck in this last, unhappy year of William I's reign. In 1841, the 71-year-old former monarch married the 47-year-old Henriëtte. He died two years later. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,120
Lot 1747		Netherlands. Ducat, 1841 (Fleur de lis). Fr-338; KM-70.2. Weight 0.1106 ounce. William II. Knight standing. Reverse; Legend in square tablet. PCGS graded Extremely Fine Details (Damage). In special PCGS Ship of Gold holder which contains One Pinch of Gold Dust recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. Special PCGS number 674146.98/35474678. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,680