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2 1/2 Gulden - Wilhelmina 'facing right' Coin note
| Issuer | Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 21/2 Gulden (2.5 NLG) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 1/2 - NEDERLAND - 2 1/2 MUNTBILJET Uitgegeven krachtens Koninklijk besluit van 18 mei 1945 De minister van Financiën 2 1/2 - TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN - 2 1/2 WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED LONDEN (Translation: 2 1/2 - Netherlands - 2 1/2 Coin Note Issued under Royal decree of May 18th 1945 The minister of Finance 2 1/2 - Two and a Half Gulden - 2 1/2 Legal Tender Thomas de La Rue & Company Limited, London) |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 1/2 - NEDERLAND - 2 1/2 TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN JE MAINTIENDRAI Wetboek van Strafrecht, art. 208, 209 Het namaken of vervalschen van muntbiljetten, het uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen het Rijk in Europa invoeren van valsche of vervalschte muntbiljetten met het oogmerk om ze als echt en onvervalscht uit te geven of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste NEGEN JAREN. THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED LONDEN (Translation: 2 1/2 - Netherlands - 2 1/2 Two and a Half Gulden I Will Maintain Criminal Code, art. 208, 209 Counterfeiting or falsifying currency, the issuing, having in stock or importing in the Empire in Europe of false or counterfeit currency for the purpose of issuing or have it issued as genuine and unadulterated, is punishable by up to NINE YEARS' imprisonment. Thomas de La Rue & Company Limited, London) |
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The Dutch government-in-exile authorized this note in London while the Netherlands remained under German occupation. Thomas De La Rue produced the plates and ran the sheets in their Bunhill Row facility — standard wartime work for a printer that handled currency for multiple occupied Allied nations simultaneously.
The "coin note" designation reflects deliberate policy: these low-denomination paper pieces were intended to substitute for silver coinage that had been stripped from circulation by the occupiers. Upon liberation in 1945, they entered the Netherlands alongside Allied forces as part of the immediate monetary stabilization package.
The facing-right portrait distinguishes this issue from earlier Wilhelmina notes and was a conscious design break, not a minor revision.