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Gold coin · 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
A museum for the hand.
The Night Watch, 1/1,000 ounce fine gold, picture side
The two main figures of The Night Watch in gold, a large detail in colour on the card. The original is at home in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The original
At home in the Rijksmuseum.
Rembrandt painted the picture in 1642 for the great hall of the Kloveniersdoelen, the house of the Amsterdam civic guard. In 1715 it came to the town hall on the Dam.
- Painter
- Rembrandt
- Work
- The Night Watch, 1642
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 379.5 × 453.5 cm
- Location
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A second look
According to the Rijksmuseum, Rembrandt was the first to have the figures of a group portrait actually do something.
A tour
Where the originals are at home.
Paris is the centre, with the Louvre, the Orsay, the Marmottan and the Orangerie. Then come museums from Florence to Kraków and, across the Atlantic, New York and Washington.
Amsterdam
- The Night Watch RijksmuseumThis piece
- Marten and Oopjen Rijksmuseum
Paris
- Marten and Oopjen Musée du Louvre
- Mona Lisa Musée du Louvre
- Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet) Musée d’Orsay
- Self-Portrait of 1889 Musée d’Orsay
- Water Lilies Musée de l’Orangerie
- Impression, Sunrise Musée Marmottan Monet
- Tahitian Women Musée d’Orsay
- Liberty Leading the People Musée du Louvre
Vienna
- Young Hare Albertina
- The Art of Painting Kunsthistorisches Museum
- The Kiss Belvedere
Munich
- Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe Alte Pinakothek
- Promenade Lenbachhaus
- Blue Horse I Lenbachhaus
Florence
- The Birth of Venus Uffizi Galleries
- Primavera Uffizi Galleries
The Hague
- Girl with a Pearl Earring Mauritshuis
London
- The Umbrellas National Gallery
Düsseldorf
- Four Girls Kunstpalast
Braunschweig
- The Girl with the Wine Glass Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Wiesbaden
- The Butterfly Hunter Museum Wiesbaden
Salzburg
- Sunday Stroll Salzburg Museum
Kraków
- Lady with an Ermine Czartoryski Museum
Venice
- Vitruvian Man (drawing) Gallerie dell’Accademia
New York
- The Starry Night Museum of Modern Art
- Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Siesta Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Neue Galerie
Washington
- Woman with a Parasol, Madame Monet and Her Son National Gallery of Art
- Luncheon of the Boating Party Phillips Collection
The scale
From the great hall to the hand.
The Night Watch measures 379.5 × 453.5 centimetres. Our coin measures 15.4 × 11 millimetres and shows the two main figures, the card a large detail of the painting.
The frame stands for the original, the golden field inside it for the coin.
Under the loupe
The painting in gold, up close.
The coin bears the painting as a fine relief, whole or as a detail, together with the painter’s signature or monogram.
The value side bears RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD, the national coat of arms, 999/1000 FINE GOLD and 3000 FRANCS CFA.
NameThe painter’s signature
CaptainThe captain in a lace collar
Enlarged from the photos in our gallery.
The craft
The painting in gold, the colour on the card.
The coin bears the painting as a relief in gold, 15.4 × 11 millimetres, issued by the Republic of Chad at 3,000 CFA francs.
- The blister card
- On the front the painting in colour with the painter’s signature or monogram, the coin in the window, on the back the details of the issue.
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- The Night Watch
- Painter
- Rembrandt
- Weight
- 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
- Fine weight
- 0.031 g
- Fineness
- 999/1,000
- Face value
- 3,000 Francs CFA
- Issuing country
- Republic of Chad
- Dimensions
- 15.4 × 11 mm
- Mintage
- 50,000 pieces
- Original
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Packaging
- Blister card
After the tour
Most of the originals are at home in museums, from Florence to Washington. Whoever wants to see them travels to them.
This coin brings one of them home: in gold, with the painter’s name, and in colour on the card.
Gold Rembrandt "The Night Watch" – minted fine gold with a world-class design
With the Gold Rembrandt "The Night Watch" you hold physical investment gold in a handy miniature format. The coin, issued in 2024 by the Republic of Chad, combines the purest gold with one of the most famous paintings in Western art history. What matters most here is the substance: the value of this issue is based primarily on the fine gold it contains and moves in line with the gold price – the artistic design is the personal touch, while the precious metal is the actual reason to buy.
- Design: The reverse shows Rembrandt's Baroque masterpiece "The Night Watch" from 1642 – the Amsterdam civic guard surrounding Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, captured in the unmistakable chiaroscuro of the Dutch master. The original still hangs today in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
- Material & fineness: Made from pure gold with a fineness of 999/1,000 – that is, 24 karat and therefore the highest investment quality without any base metals.
- Manufacturer: Minted by Valcambi, one of Switzerland's most renowned precious metals mints with a worldwide reputation for precision.
A masterpiece in miniature format
The obverse bears the national coat of arms of Chad, flanked by the inscriptions "RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD" as the issuing country, the face value "3000 FRANCS CFA" and the fineness statement "999/1000 FINE GOLD". On the reverse, the Baroque scene unfolds in warm, dark tones: lace collars, broad hats, weapons and the dramatic play of light for which Rembrandt van Rijn is celebrated to this day. With a fine weight of 0.031 g (1/1,000 ounce) and a compact format, this gold coin is a true masterpiece of minting artistry. It is delivered in Brilliant Uncirculated condition, securely mounted on a high-quality blister card that effectively showcases the design.
Why investment gold pays off even in small steps
Even small amounts of gold are full-fledged investment gold. Especially for those seeking to get started with physical gold investment, issues like this one allow you to build value step by step – small amounts add up over the years into a considerable fortune. Gold is humanity's oldest currency, a proven store of value for over 6,000 years, and it has never had a value of zero because it possesses an inherent, intrinsic worth. As an inflation hedge, it preserves your purchasing power when paper currencies lose value. It is no coincidence that central banks around the world hoard gold as a reserve – a clear sign that even central banks place only limited trust in their own fiat money.
Despite the artistic design, what you are acquiring here is full-fledged investment gold – minted fine gold whose value is based on the gold price and which remains tradable worldwide.
Value preservation, crisis protection and tradability at any time
Physical gold offers high liquidity: it can be used worldwide as a medium of exchange and converted back into cash at any time. This makes this issue a solid building block for long-term wealth accumulation and as crisis protection in uncertain times. Furthermore, profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year – an advantage many investors appreciate. Anyone wishing to give real gold as a gift for a personal occasion such as a christening, birthday or wedding is not handing over a mere token, but a genuine asset that can last for generations.
In our gold coins category you will find further issues made of pure gold – from classic investment staples to striking designs like this Rembrandt piece, which preserves The Night Watch in fine gold for all time.
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