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50 Stuivers - Louis Napoleon Pattern
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1807 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland, facing right, rendered in high relief with finely engraved curly hair and a laureate wreath barely visible at the brow. The effigy is set within a plain field bordered by a continuous reeded inner rim. The circular legend surrounding the portrait reads LODEWYK DE EERSTE KONING VAN HOLL., identifying the monarch as Louis the First, King of Holland. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Louis Napoleon, installed as King of Holland by his brother in 1806, took his role with unexpected seriousness — irritating Napoleon considerably by prioritizing Dutch interests over French imperial policy. This pattern was produced during his brief reign as part of efforts to rationalize Dutch coinage under the new monarchy. The Scholten reference places it firmly among the trial pieces of 1807, before the monetary system was revised again and Holland was simply annexed into France outright in 1810.
Patterns of this denomination are rare survivors. Most were never submitted for formal approval.