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10 Gulden Coin Note
| Issuer | Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1853-1875 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Letter - Nommer FY - 1 WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL - KONINCRYKDERNEDERLANDEN MUNT-BILJET groot TIEN GULDEN Elken werkdag verwisselbaar in zilver bij de Nederlandsche bank, als agent van `s Rijks Schatkist; ingevolge de wet van 26 April 1852, Staatsblad No. 90. Gezien bij de NEDERLANDSCHE BANK `s Gravenhage, den 15 September 1853. Geregistreerd - De Minister van Financien, Wet van den 26 April 1852, Staatsblad No. 90. (Translation: Letter - Number FY - 1 Legal Tender - Kingdom of the Netherlands Coin Note Ten Gulden Redeemable in silver every day at the Dutch Bank, as an agent of the Empire's Treasury; pursuant to the law of April 26th 1852, Official Gazette No. 90. Seen at the Bank of Netherlands Gravenhage, September 15th 1853. Registered - The Minister of Finance Law of April 26th 1852, Official Gazette No. 90) |
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| Reverse lettering | JE MAINTIENDRAI (Translation: I Will Maintain) |
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The Nederlandsche Bank began issuing these small-denomination gulden notes in part because the public stubbornly preferred coin — particularly the silver rijksdaalder — and the bank needed an instrument that could credibly substitute for specie in everyday commerce. The "coin note" designation was not merely descriptive; it reflected a deliberate policy of pegging the note's utility to metallic value at a moment when Dutch trust in paper remained fragile after the monetary disruptions of the Napoleonic period.
The print run of over twelve million across a twenty-two year span is substantial, and attrition from heavy circulation was severe. Low-denomination notes rarely survived in quantity.