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Pernambuco. Geoctroyeede West-Indische Compagnie (GWC) 6 Guilders (Florins) 1646 MS62 NGC, KM6.2, Fr-2, 3.69 grams. Beautifully diagonal strike on the obverse and horizontal on the reverse. Extremely Rare and one of the nicest of the type we have seen.Let us first recall a most interesting contemporary description of the melting and lamination of the gold to produce the planchets which would be used to strike the coins (quoting from Goncalves de Mello): "Having put the crucible filled with 20 marks of Guinea gold on the fire to be melted, the crucible cracked (all the way) from the bottom up to the top rim, and all the gold escaped through the crack and onto the ashes; having been recollected and purified, 10 marks (of this spilled gold) were placed in a new crucible close to the bellows, which in turn also cracked thus we only obtained 6 marks in usable planchets, with the rest spilled on the ashes. This crucible was repaired and again placed near the bellows and it provided with near 12 marks of good-quality planchets, with the balance being spilled over the ashes. This spilled gold was combined with more gold of Guinea for a total weighing 32 marks which were again placed in a crucible but, after being placed into the fire, it cracked from the top half way through the base, but it was possible to save half of this gold and turn it into planchets. Therefore, after the day was spent in these four exhausting melting operations, we were only able to obtain 39.5 marks in planchets, with the other 50 marks having to be picked up from the ashes. The efforts and losses incurred in these operations can be well understood by those knowledgeable on these matters".From the Coin Cabinet of Isaac Rudman
Estimate: 30000-40000 USD
Pernambuco. Geoctroyeede West-Indische Compagnie (GWC) 6 Guilders (Florins) 1646 MS62 NGC, KM6.2, Fr-2, 3.69 grams. Beautifully diagonal strike on the obverse and horizontal on the reverse. Extremely Rare and one of the nicest of the type we have seen.Let us first recall a most interesting contemporary description of the melting and lamination of the gold to produce the planchets which would be used to strike the coins (quoting from Goncalves de Mello): "Having put the crucible filled with 20 marks of Guinea gold on the fire to be melted, the crucible cracked (all the way) from the bottom up to the top rim, and all the gold escaped through the crack and onto the ashes; having been recollected and purified, 10 marks (of this spilled gold) were placed in a new crucible close to the bellows, which in turn also cracked thus we only obtained 6 marks in usable planchets, with the rest spilled on the ashes. This crucible was repaired and again placed near the bellows and it provided with near 12 marks of good-quality planchets, with the balance being spilled over the ashes. This spilled gold was combined with more gold of Guinea for a total weighing 32 marks which were again placed in a crucible but, after being placed into the fire, it cracked from the top half way through the base, but it was possible to save half of this gold and turn it into planchets. Therefore, after the day was spent in these four exhausting melting operations, we were only able to obtain 39.5 marks in planchets, with the other 50 marks having to be picked up from the ashes. The efforts and losses incurred in these operations can be well understood by those knowledgeable on these matters".From the Coin Cabinet of Isaac Rudman
Estimate: 30000-40000 USD