3 Gulden - Willem I Pattern

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.