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20 Gulden - Louis Napoleon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Holland |
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| Year | 1808-1810 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | LODEW NAP KON VAN HOLL |
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| Mintage | 1808 - - 1810 - - |
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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was installed as King of Holland by his brother in 1806, a posting he took far more seriously than Napoleon intended. He learned Dutch, adopted the name Lodewijk I, and repeatedly defied imperial trade directives to protect the Dutch economy — ultimately forcing Napoleon to annex Holland outright in 1810, which ended the kingdom and terminated this coinage mid-series.
The extremely short reign window and forced annexation kept mintages low across all denominations. Fr#320 is among the scarcer gold issues of the Napoleonic client states.