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3 Gulden - Willem I Pattern
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1819 |
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| Weight | 24.8 g |
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| Reverse description | Crowned Dutch coat of arms featuring a rampant lion holding a sword in its right paw and a bundle of seven arrows in its left, set on a shield. The royal crown surmounts the shield, and the date 1819 appears above the crown within the legend. The denomination is indicated by the numeral 3 to the left of the shield and the abbreviation G. to its right. The surrounding legend MUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN encircles the design, with decorative stops, along a dentilated rim. |
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| Mintage | 1819 |
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Pattern coinage under Willem I was rarely accidental — the king took an unusually direct interest in monetary reform following the establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, and multiple denominations were prototyped in off-metal strikes before any production decision was made. This copper piece almost certainly served as a presentation or approval striking rather than a circulation trial; the 3 gulden denomination itself had a short and troubled run in silver, proving unpopular with the public and abandoned well before mid-century.
Scholt I#254 is sparsely documented in auction records, which places surviving examples in a very small confirmed population.