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10 Gulden - Wilhelmina 'facing left' Coin note
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Netherlands |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Size | 152 x 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue on light underprint, printed in intaglio. A central oval vignette presents a right-facing portrait of Queen Wilhelmina within fine guilloche ornament, with denomination numerals '10' in the upper corners. The title 'MUNTBILJET' and the statutory Royal Decree inscription are set below the portrait, with the American Bank Note Company imprint at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 - NEDERLAND - 10 TIEN 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. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: 10 - Netherlands - 10 Ten 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. American Bank Note Company) |
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Produced by the American Bank Note Company in New York during the German occupation of the Netherlands, this note was printed for use by the Dutch government-in-exile and intended to re-enter circulation following liberation. The "coin note" designation — muntbiljet in Dutch — gave it a legal status distinct from De Nederlandsche Bank issues, allowing the Ministry of Finance to issue it directly without central bank involvement.
The series is sometimes confused with later postwar reissues. Wartime examples can be distinguished by paper batch characteristics, though attribution requires careful comparison rather than cursory inspection.