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10 Gulden Coin Note
| Issuer | Kingdom of the Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1846 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A12 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | RIJKS MUNT watermark, visible as a circular coin impression embedded in the paper |
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The Dutch "muntbiljet" — coin note — was a peculiar instrument: legally a claim on silver coinage rather than a banknote in the conventional sense, issued by the Ministry of Finance rather than a central bank. The Netherlands had no central bank of issue for small-denomination paper at this period; De Nederlandsche Bank held a monopoly on higher-denomination notes, so the Treasury filled the gap with these low-value assignats tied directly to specie.
A print run just over twelve million is substantial for mid-nineteenth-century Netherlands, suggesting aggressive deployment into everyday commerce. Surviving examples in any honest condition are not common — these circulated hard.