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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark Ducati, post: 246977, member: 9403&quot;]Hi All, I&#039;m new to this forum....</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc">&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp; I just got a gold coin from my grandmother... need help finding out its value.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;Its a gold coin from the netherlands (holland).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;Very good Condition, but not mint, not encased in a plastic sheath.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;Incription on front facing circumference:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;[shield] JULIANA EN BERNHARD [shield] KONIGAN EN PRINS DER NEDERLANDADEN</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;Front face has a picture of an old lady princess in the foreground, with the old prince behind her (he&#039;s wearing glasses)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;The front face also has 3 precious stones inlaid....&nbsp; a red ruby, white diamond, and blue saphire.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">The back facing has a picture of a horse drawn carriage, something like Cinderella rode in... looks to be a team of 7-8 horses... inscription around the circumference read:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">1970 (on the bottom 6 oclock position, then going to 5 oclock counter clockwise) VOLLENHOVEN MR EVAN MARGRIET PRINSES CLAUS PRINS BEATRIX PRINSES PRINSESDAG</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">It appears to be solid gold, but I dont know if its gold plated silver or not... its heavy as hell, I&#039;m guessing solid gold. No reeding on the edge of the coin, just a number &quot;172&quot;, I&#039;m guessing #172 out of so many commerative coins?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">I&#039;ve tried to look on the net for gold coins from the netherlands, but cant find any info on this particular coin... you&#039;d think the 3 precious stones would be an easy match? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;Can any of you help me with this coin?&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">#1, is it solid gold?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cccccc"><span style="color: #000000">#2, what&#039;s it value?</span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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