2 1/2 Cents - Wilhelmina

This is a pattern piece — KM#Pn25 designation confirms it never entered circulation. The Netherlands had no 2½ cent gold denomination in its regular coinage, and no such coin was ever authorized for production. Patterns of this type from the Royal Dutch Mint in the early Wilhelmina years were typically struck as presentation pieces or internal proofs of capability, often produced in small numbers at the request of mint officials or the treasury rather than as genuine denomination proposals.

The weight is notably heavy for a minor-denomination concept, suggesting this may have been struck on a trial planchet intended for a different series entirely.