6 Florins Dutch West India Company; Recife
Features
| Issuer |
New Holland
(Brazil)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Dutch West India Company (1630-1654)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1645-1646 |
| Value | 6 Florins |
| Currency | Gulden (Dutch West India Company, 1624-1661) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 3.79 g |
| Size | 16 mm |
| Shape | Klippe |
| Technique | Klippe |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 36325 |
| References | KM# 6 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Rodrigo Maldonado; 2023. Moedas Brasileiras Livro Oficial = Official Book of Brazilian coins (9th Edition). Bentes, MBA Editores, Ischia, Italy. Cornelis Scholten; 1951. De munten van de Nederlandsche Gebiedsdelen Overzee 1601-1948 = The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories 1601-1948. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves; 2018. Livro das Moedas do Brasil 1643 até 2018 = Book of Coins of Brazil (1643 to 2018) (15). Art Graph, São Paulo, Brazil. |
Obverse
GWC monogram in the center with value VI, inside a circle of pearls.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VI
GWC
Unabridged legend: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie
Translation: Dutch West India Company
Engravers: Jan Hendrik Bruynsvelt, Pieter Janssen Bas
Reverse
Legend and date inside a circle of pearls.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ANNO
BRASIL
1646
Translation: Year; Brazil.
Engravers: Jan Hendrik Bruynsvelt, Pieter Janssen Bas
Edge
Plain
Comments
Struck in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, by the Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie (Dutch West India Company).
The Florins (Guldens) were minted for general pay and not just soldiers. Although they were beaten in quantity, few remained. After the end of Dutch rule in Brazil, the circulation ban meant that holders of these coins preferred to melt them rather than risk prison.
Extremely rares.
6 Florins = 120 Stuivers
Weight varies from 3.30-3.79 g. Gold fineness varies from 900-918 %.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1645 | KM# 6.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves; 2018. Livro das Moedas do Brasil 1643 até 2018 = Book of Coins of Brazil (1643 to 2018) (15). Art Graph, São Paulo, Brazil. |
Diamond after "BRASIL"; rare. | |||||||||||||
| 1646 | KM# 6.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves; 2018. Livro das Moedas do Brasil 1643 até 2018 = Book of Coins of Brazil (1643 to 2018) (15). Art Graph, São Paulo, Brazil. |
Without dots; rare. | |||||||||||||
| 1646 | KM# 6.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves; 2018. Livro das Moedas do Brasil 1643 até 2018 = Book of Coins of Brazil (1643 to 2018) (15). Art Graph, São Paulo, Brazil. |
Dot after "VI"; Rare. | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 93
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Bullion value: USD 485.26
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Actual gold weight: 0.112 oz
Current gold price: 4342.86 USD/oz (see gold price 
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