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500 Gulden Coin Note
| Issuer | Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A18 |
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| Obverse lettering | De nominale Waarde in Goud door de NEDERLANDSCHE BANK overgenomen, ingevolge Art. 3 der WET van den 17den September 1849, Staatsblad No. 46. VIJF HONDERD GULDEN. MUNT-BILJET Groot Vijf Honderd Gulden. Uitgegeven ingevolge de Wet van den 17den September 1849, Staatsblad No. 46; zijnde de nominale WAARDE in Goud bij de Nederlandsche Bank overgebragt. Zegge f 500-- 's Gravenhage 15 October 1849 Geregistreerd De Minister van Financien Geregistreerd voor VIJF HONDERD GULDEN. Register Lett. B. Fc. WET van 17 September 1849. (Translation: The nominal value in Gold adopted by the Dutch Bank, pursuant to Art. 3 of the Law of September 17th, 1849, Official Gazette No. 46. Five Hundred Gulden. Coin Note. Five Hundred Gulden. Issued pursuant to the Law of September 17th, 1849, Official Gazette No. 46; being the nominal VALUE in Gold transferred to the Dutch Bank. Say f 500-- 's-Gravenhage October 15th, 1849 Registered The Minister of Finance Registered for Five Hundred Gulden. Register Lett. B. Fc. Law of September 17th, 1849.) |
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| Signature(s) | van Bosse |
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The 500 Gulden "muntnoot" series was issued directly by the Netherlands Ministry of Finance rather than De Nederlandsche Bank — a distinction with real consequences. These coin notes circulated alongside, and were legally interchangeable with, coinage, but the Ministry retained issuing authority as part of an older fiscal arrangement that predated the central bank's dominance. By 1849 that arrangement was already an anachronism.
The April 1945 print date places this note in the final weeks of German occupation, when the Dutch financial system was in severe disarray. P.P. van Bosse served as Minister of Finance in the mid-nineteenth century, and his signature on notes printed nearly a century after the series' nominal date reflects the long production life of certain Dutch treasury engraving plates.