Netherlands ½ gulden 1847 - William II

Netherlands · 1847 · ½ gulden

Circulating coinRare

€14.55estimate

1,110,882coins minted

€7.02silver value · 4.73 g fine at today’s price

N6548 KM73

RZReference number RZRZ-HGQS5

Circulating coin

Series of ½ gulden of William II (1846-1848)

The coin's story

This silver half guilder (½ gulden) in 945 thousandths silver belongs to the short series struck from 1846 to 1848 in the name of William II, who succeeded his father William I after the latter's abdication on 7 October 1840. William II reigned from 1840 to 1849, faced with the European revolutions of 1848, he had the liberal Johan Thorbecke draft a new constitution that strengthened Parliament and the ministers at the expense of the King. The King's portrait is the work of Johannes Petrus Schouberg, engraver at the Utrecht Mint, who signs SCHOUBERG. The reverse bears the crowned arms and the legend MUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN (Coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The 1847 date was struck in 1,110,882 pieces at the Utrecht Mint. The coin is no longer legal tender.

ObverseThe Portrait of the King

WILLEM II KONING DER NED. G. H. V. L.SCHOUBERG

Design: Head of King William II facing left.
Legend: WILLEM II KONING DER NED. G. H. V. L. (William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg).
Signature: SCHOUBERG.

JSEngraved by Johannes Petrus Schouberg

ReverseThe Arms of the Netherlands

MUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN.1847.½ G50 C .

Design: The crowned arms between the two parts of the value.
Legend: MUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN (Coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands).
Date: .1847.
Denomination: ½ G and 50 C. (½ gulden, 50 cents).

JSEngraved by Johannes Petrus Schouberg