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My grandfather's 2-1/2 Guilder pocket piece
IloiloKano
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My father, a Missouri farm boy, traveled Europe while in the Army in the mid-1950's. When he passed through the Netherlands, he picked up this 1930 2-1/2 Guilder and brought it back to his father, who had never traveled more than a couple hundred miles from his home in Hornersville, Missouri.
My grandfather carried it around in his pocket until he died in 1967 at the age of 78, by which time it had been worn slick. My father got it back at his funeral, and I have since received the coin from him.
Since my father will be 78 on July 4th of this year, I purchased this 1930 NETHERLANDS 2-1/2 Guilder in order to give to him on his birthday. I don't know if I overpaid, but $30 seemed reasonable enough.
My grandfather carried it around in his pocket until he died in 1967 at the age of 78, by which time it had been worn slick. My father got it back at his funeral, and I have since received the coin from him.
Since my father will be 78 on July 4th of this year, I purchased this 1930 NETHERLANDS 2-1/2 Guilder in order to give to him on his birthday. I don't know if I overpaid, but $30 seemed reasonable enough.
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I bet it'll bring back memories.
I love pocket piece stories.
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these type of 2 1/2 guilder Wilhelmina coins were struck between 1929 and 1940
2 different die designs in the hair of Queen Wilhelmina ( fine & thick)
weight 25 gramms silvercontence 720/1000 = 18 gramms pure silver
1930 ----> mintmaster: Dr.C.Hoitsema (seahorse at left) mintplace: Utrecht (Mercuriusstaff with 2 snakes)
amount struck: 11. 600. 000 ex.
rim: GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS = God is with us (=the dutch people)
common dutch name is "" Rijksdaalder"" or ""riks"" for short , popular dutch silver coin already introduced in 1600.
these 2 1/2 guilders were also struck in the USA in 1943 , during the german occupation of the Netherlands (1940-1945)
mintmark D for Denver - mintmaster: palmtree - amount struck: 2 million ex.
2 1/2 guilder coins with Wilhelmina (thick hair) left from her, her father Willem III, top: her grandfather Willem II and great grandfather Willem the first.