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1/4 Gulden - Willem I
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt) |
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| Year | 1826-1840 |
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| Engraver(s) | Pieter Walter van de Goor |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination in two lines — KWART / GULDEN — enclosed within an ornate wreath of broad palm or laurel fronds tied at the base with a floral knot, flanked by small decorative fleur-de-lis devices at lower left and right. The date appears in the exergue below the wreath. The peripheral legend NEDERLANDSCH INDIE. runs along the upper arc, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH INDIE. KWART GULDEN 1840 (Translation: Netherlands East Indies Quarter Guilder) |
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Willem I established the unified Dutch coinage system after the Napoleonic reorganization left the Netherlands with a chaotic mix of French imperial issues, Batavian Republic coins, and older provincial currency circulating simultaneously. The 1/4 Gulden was central to that rationalization. The two KM varieties reflect a documented change in the alloy fineness partway through the run — not an error, but a deliberate Mint adjustment.
Willem abdicated in 1840 rather than accept his government's terms for Belgian independence, ending a reign that had defined this entire coinage series.