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1 Gulden - Wilhelmina 'facing right' Coin note
| Issuer | Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 1 Gulden (1 NLG) |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown intaglio print on a pale blue guilloche underprint. The Dutch crowned Coat of Arms — supported by two rampant lions with a ribbon scroll below bearing the royal motto 'JE MAINTIENDRAI' — occupies the centre of the design. The denomination 'EEN GULDEN' is set within ornate rosette vignettes to the left and right, with small numeral '1' counters in each corner and a multi-line anti-counterfeiting legal warning in small text beneath the arms. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 - NEDERLAND - 1 EEN GULDEN JE MAINTIENDRAI Wetboek van Strafrecht, art. 208, 209 Het namaken of vervalschen van muntbiljetten, het uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen het Rijk in Europa invoeren van valsche of vervalschte muntbiljetten met het oogmerk om ze als echt en onvervalscht uit te geven of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste NEGEN JAREN. THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED LONDEN (Translation: 1 - Netherlands - 1 One Gulden I Will Maintain Criminal Code, art. 208, 209 Counterfeiting or falsifying currency, the issuing, having in stock or importing in the Empire in Europe of false or counterfeit currency for the purpose of issuing or have it issued as genuine and unadulterated, is punishable by up to NINE YEARS' imprisonment. Thomas de La Rue & Company Limited, London) |
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The Netherlands government-in-exile arranged for this note to be printed in London as occupation currency was rendered void following liberation. De La Rue produced the series under wartime conditions, with distribution timed to coincide with the Allied advance through the Netherlands in 1944–45. The "facing right" designation distinguishes this type from an earlier Wilhelmina gulden issue, a collector distinction that carries no significance in the original wartime distribution logistics.
The Ministry of Finance, rather than De Nederlandsche Bank, held issuing authority — a deliberate structural choice made by the exile government to maintain direct state control over reintegration currency.