This piece commemorates Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the Dutch statesman executed in 1619 on orders from the States-General after Maurice of Nassau maneuvered his political destruction — a judicial killing that divided the Republic and haunted Dutch memory for generations. Van Oldenbarnevelt had negotiated the Twelve Years' Truce with Spain in 1609, a decision Maurice opposed bitterly on military and religious grounds. The charge was ultimately treason, the evidence largely fabricated.
The X# prefix indicates a non-circulating commemorative outside the regular KM sequence, struck for the collector market rather than general circulation.
This piece commemorates Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the Dutch statesman executed in 1619 on orders from the States-General after Maurice of Nassau maneuvered his political destruction — a judicial killing that divided the Republic and haunted Dutch memory for generations. Van Oldenbarnevelt had negotiated the Twelve Years' Truce with Spain in 1609, a decision Maurice opposed bitterly on military and religious grounds. The charge was ultimately treason, the evidence largely fabricated.
The X# prefix indicates a non-circulating commemorative outside the regular KM sequence, struck for the collector market rather than general circulation.