2018 Netherlands Lion Dollar Markings ?

It reads 9999 at k6
John1

Ah yes great point about the fineness--I should have looked more closely.

According to this November 2017 article from Numismatic News, the caduceus (second image from the left) is the mintmark of the Royal Dutch Mint and the bridge (middle image) is the mintmaster privy for the incoming mintmaster, Stephan Satijn. Prior to that a "clipper ship with star" privy mark was used by Ted Peters. As the date of this piece sorta straddles this timeframe, do you see anything which might qualify as a clipper ship and star on the other side or perhaps edge? Or do you see the bridge privy mark? If not, then maybe this is the privy mark for a previous mintmaster.

https://www.numismaticnews.net/worl...e-dutch-mint



Added: ok now I see that the raven is the privy for the dude who started in 2022:

https://numismag.com/en/2021/12/17/...rk-for-2022/

Here is a graphic showing the past several privy marks, none of which look like the mark you are asking about.

after 3 attempts, I finally received a reply from the Royal Dutch Mint as to my question of the particular mark on their 2018 Lion Dollar re-strike ( a stylized "925"), which, @Spence, is indeed a sterling silver hallmark ... a bit confusing, as the silver fineness is .9999 on the proof issue ... but they hallmark .925 also, anyway(?) ... here's the reply:

Geachte heer Hunt,

Hartelijk dank voor uw bericht.

Dit is het waarborg (in het Engels Hallmark) teken. Alle uitgifte die wij maken van zilver of goud. Voor zilver is het hoogste waarborg teken 925 dit betekend dat 925 van 1000 zilver is. Echter is het gehalte van zilver in een Leeuwendaalder hoger 999/1000, maar als we hier een teken van 999 in zetten moeten er nog allerlei andere kenmerken in. Dit vinden wij zonde en daarom gebruiken wij het teken van 925.



Ik hoop u hiermee voldoende te hebben geïnformeerd.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Susan Cokken ...

TRANSLATION:

Dear Mr. Hunt, Thank you very much for your message. This is the guarantee (Hallmark in English) sign. All issues we make are made of silver or gold. For silver, the highest guarantee mark is 925, which means that 925 of 1000 is silver. However, the content of silver in a Leeuwendaalder is higher 999/1000, but if we put a sign of 999 in this, all kinds of other characteristics must be included. We think this is a shame and that is why we use the sign of 925. I hope I have informed you sufficiently. Sincerely, Susan Cokken
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So, there we have it ... Bedankt, Susan