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Auction: 26776 - America 250th Anniversary Sale Ft. Coins, Medals, Banknotes, Objets de Vertu & Ephemera
Lot: 49

PCGS AU55 | Netherlands, Utrecht, Pattern Gold 2 Stuivers, 1752, Utrecht, crowned shield dividing value, rev. TRA | IEC | TUM | 1752, edge milled, 3.46g, 12h (KM 112a; Delm. 988), some minor surface friction, otherwise with a handsome brilliance, extremely fine and scarce, in PCGS holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #58932273)

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/58932273


The Netherlands' role in America centred on New Netherland, a relatively short-lived but influential colonial venture. Following Henry Hudson's 1609 exploration of the river that now bears his name (undertaken on behalf of the Dutch East India Company), the Dutch West India Company established New Netherland in the 1620s, founding New Amsterdam in 1624-1625 on the southern tip of Manhattan Island as its capital and chief trading post. The colony grew into a valuable centre of the fur trade, connecting Dutch merchants with Native nations and becoming notably diverse and commercially minded.

Dutch settlement extended along the Hudson River Valley, including present-day Albany (originally Fort Orange), and into parts of present-day New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, bringing the Dutch into recurring border disputes with neighbouring English and Swedish colonies.

New Netherland's existence was cut short in 1664 when England seized the colony during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and King Charles II granted the territory to his brother James, Duke of York, who renamed it New York; the Dutch briefly recaptured it in 1673-1674 before permanently ceding it back to England under the Treaty of Westminster.

Despite its brevity, Dutch rule left a lasting imprint on American culture, including numerous place names, such as Brooklyn, Harlem, Staten Island.


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Estimate
$1,000 to $1,500

Starting price
$900