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3½ Gulden - Wilhelmina
| Issuer | Indonesia › Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1854-1948) |
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| Obverse lettering | WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN |
| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the Dutch lion rampant, topped by a royal crown with elaborate ornamentation including pearls and a cross finial. The denomination 3½ G appears prominently flanking the shield on either side in large characters. The circular legend MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN runs around the periphery within a beaded border. The date 1943 appears in the lower exergue beneath the shield. The overall composition follows the heraldic tradition of Netherlands colonial coinage. |
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This piece was struck in the United States — at the Philadelphia mint — after the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies made domestic production impossible. The Netherlands government-in-exile arranged emergency coinage through American facilities, a stopgap measure that resulted in several denominations being minted stateside for a colonial territory thousands of miles away and entirely under enemy control.
The 3½ gulden denomination itself was peculiar to the East Indies monetary system and saw limited use even before the war; by 1943 it was being struck for a economy that had functionally ceased to exist under Dutch authority.