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100 Gulden Coin Note
| Issuer | Kingdom of the Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1846 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A14 |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 - MUNT-BILJET van het KONINGRYK der NEDERLANDEN - 100 De effective Waarde door de Nederlandsche Bank over- genomen, ingevolge de Wet van den 18 Dec. 1845, St. Bl. No. 90. HONDERD GULDEN - No 14729 MUNT-BILJET. Groot HONDERD GULDEN. Uitgegeven ingevolge de wet van den 18 December 1845, Staatsblad No. 90, waarvoor de waarde bij de Nederlandsche Bank is overgebragt. Zegge f 100,-- - 's Gravenhage 1 Januarij 1846. Geregistreerd - De Minister van Financien, Geregistreerd voor HONDERD GULDEN. Register Lett. B. 100 - De effective waarde overgebragt bij de Nederlandsche Bank. - 100 |
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| Signature(s) | Van Hall (Minister van Financien) |
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The "coin notes" (muntbiljetten) were a peculiar Dutch experiment — government-issued paper backed explicitly by coin reserves held at the treasury, distinct from the banknotes circulating under De Nederlandsche Bank's authority. The Ministry of Finance issued them directly, bypassing the central bank entirely, which reflects the ongoing tension between state fiscal needs and the DNB's charter privileges during this period.
Floris Adriaan van Hall served as Minister of Finance during the mid-1840s and is remembered primarily for his audacious 1844 forced conversion of Dutch national debt — a controversial move that stabilized government finances but earned him lasting enemies in the investment community. His signature on this note places it squarely within that turbulent fiscal moment.