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50 Gulden - Wilhelmina 'facing left' Coin note
| Issuer | Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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) |
| Reverse description | Orange intaglio-printed reverse centred on the Dutch royal coat of arms, flanked by two rampant lions beneath a crown, with the motto ribbon 'JE MAINTIENDRAI' below the shield. Large lettering 'VIJFTIG GULDEN' is set within symmetrical guilloche rosettes to either side of the central vignette, with '50' numerals repeated in each corner. A multi-line anti-counterfeiting legal text citing articles 208 and 209 of the Criminal Code occupies the lower margin, followed by the American Bank Note Company imprint. |
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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.