Hi, I'm new here and also to the world of coins so I hope this is the correct place for this post. Please let me know if not and perhaps point me in the right direction. Thanks.
I started adding my coins to my online collection and came across a 1969 Netherlands 1 G coin. I had already searched for a 1967 and 68 version in the catalogue and came across 2 possibilities: a silver and a nickel one. Apart from the metal difference it seems the silver one has the privy mark under the G denomination and pointing southwest, whereas the nickel one has the privy mark pointing south. My 1969 version has the same southwest direction as the 67 and 68 but there is no 1969 version in its listing. The 1969 version of the nickel one has the direction due south (unlike mine). Is it possible the 1969 silver entry is missing and if so, how can we get it added>
If you scroll down in the Numista listing 1 Gulden - Juliana - Netherlands – Numista, and look at the coins that illustrate changes in the beading, you will see that the third coin in the first row is a 1969 in which the caduceus mint mark points southwest as you are describing.
It appears that when the privy mark (under the 1) changed from the fish to the cock in 1969, the orientation of the mint mark also changed. The main photo in the listing is from a later year, so the orientation is different than on your coin.
I’m not sure how to tell silver and nickel apart but assuming it’s an obvious difference side by side then I don’t see any so it’s probably nickel based on the 1989 coin.
The element Nickel (Ni) is one of the few ferromagnetic metals. Ferromagnetic means they are attracted to magnets and can be magnetized themselves. Most metals aren't magnetic with the exception of iron, nickel, cobalt, gadolinium, neodymium and samarium.
