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50 Gulden - Wilhelmina 'facing left' Coin note
| Issuer | Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Size | 152 x 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio-printed muntbiljet with a central oval vignette enclosing a finely engraved portrait of Queen Wilhelmina facing left, set against an intricate guilloche underprint that fills the entire field. Denomination numerals '50' occupy each corner within ornate rosettes, while inscriptions along the upper and lower margins identify the note's authority under the Royal Decree of 4 February 1943 and the issuing minister. The printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 - NEDERLAND - 50 MUNTBILJET Uitgegeven krachtens Koninklijk besluit van 4 februari 1943, No 2 De minister van Financiën VIJFTIG GULDEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: 50 - Netherlands - 50 Coin Note Issued under Royal decree of February 4th, 1943 The minister of Finance Fifty Gulden Legal Tender American Bank Note Company) |
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Produced in New York by ABNC for the Dutch government-in-exile in London, this note was prepared in anticipation of liberation and intended to replace the Reichskreditkassen notes and occupation-issue currency that had flooded the Netherlands after 1940. The "coin note" designation refers to the embedded coin imagery used as an anti-counterfeiting device — a technique ABNC had refined on wartime emergency issues for several occupied Allied governments simultaneously.
Large quantities reached the Netherlands only after May 1945. The subsequent 1945 currency reform, which required all notes to be registered and stamped, complicates provenance for unstamped survivors.