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50 Gulden Coin Note
| Issuer | Netherlands (State Treasury / Ministerie van Financiën) |
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| Year | 1885-1897 |
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| Value | 50 Gulden (50 NLG) |
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| Obverse description | Blue and white typographical note with a standing allegorical female figure and a rampant lion vignette at left, and an intaglio portrait of King William III at right. The central field carries the denomination and legislative text within a guilloche-bordered frame, with ornamental scrollwork panels flanking the central panel. Denomination numerals appear in the upper corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 GULDEN |
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Issued by the State Treasury rather than De Nederlandsche Bank, these notes circulated in parallel with the central bank's own paper — a distinction that confused foreign recipients and occasionally domestic merchants alike. The "Coin Note" designation reflects the original statutory intent: these instruments were backed by and theoretically exchangeable for coin at the Treasury, a guarantee that grew increasingly strained as the silver question dominated Dutch monetary policy through the 1890s.
The twelve-year span of issue under a single Pick number masks considerable variation in signature combinations, with at least several distinct signing officials recorded across the period. Collectors frequently overlook this when attributing examples.