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1 Cent - Willem III Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt) |
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| Year | 1875-1877 |
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| Reference(s) | Scholt I#575, Delmonte G#1226, KM#Pn74, KM#Pn77, KM#Pn79 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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These gold patterns were struck not for circulation but as presentation pieces exploring whether the Netherlands should adopt a gold coinage for everyday use — a question central to the broader European debate over the Latin Monetary Union during the 1870s. The Netherlands ultimately declined full membership in the Union, a decision that shaped Dutch monetary policy for decades. Striking a 1-cent denomination in gold was never a serious commercial proposition; the exercise was metallurgical and political theater, produced in tiny quantities for official review and collector cabinets.
The span of reference numbers — Pn74, Pn77, and Pn79 — reflects at least three distinct die or specification variants across the 1875–1877 window.