1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary. MS-68 (PCGS).A splendid gem example with delightful satiny luster throughout. Attractively toned in blended rainbow hues with gold, rose, crimson, and sea green all competing to catch the viewers attention. Outstanding quality for the advanced specialist.The reverse of this issue depicts the ship Nieuw Nederland, important in the establishment of New Netherland, generally known as New Amsterdam, in 1624—todays New York City. In 1936 Moritz Wormser, well known numismatist and president of the American Numismatic Society for several earlier terms, founded a coin company and called it New Netherlands. The s was an error, later realized, but he did nothing to change it. New Netherlands, later operated by his son, Charles Wormser, and John J. Ford, Jr., came into particularly high numismatic acclaim from about 1952 through 1960, when its catalogues were considered to be the epitome of numismatic scholarship. As to the obverse of the coin, depicted are Admiral Coligny and William the Silent, who had nothing to do with the ship—an irrelevancy, not particularly unusual for commemorative designs of the era.
