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1 Gulden - Willem I Gold
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht |
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| Year | 1839 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | WILLEM KONING DER NED. G.H.V.L. (Translation: William King of the Netherlands, Grand-Duke of Luxembourg) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The KM# Pn10 designation tells the real story here: this is a pattern strike, not a circulation issue. Willem I abdicated in October 1840, just one year after this piece was produced, ending a reign already destabilized by the Belgian secession of 1830 and a decade of costly war to reclaim the southern provinces. Whether this gold gulden was ever seriously contemplated as a circulating denomination or produced purely as a trial for the new coinage system remains unclear — but no regular gold gulden for Willem I entered circulation.