Netherlands 1 gulden 1840 - William I

Netherlands · 1840 · 1 gulden

Circulating coinUncommon

€119.88estimate

1,981,267coins minted

€14.03silver value · 9.45 g fine at today’s price

N52512 KM300a

RZReference number RZRZ-GBHN4

Circulating coin

Guilder of William I for the Dutch East Indies (1839-1840)

The coin's story

This silver guilder bears the words NEDERLANDSCH INDIE: it was struck in 1839 and 1840 for the Dutch East Indies, in the name of William I. William I, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg since the Congress of Vienna of 1815, lost the Belgian provinces with the revolution of 1830 and only recognised their independence in 1839, he abdicated on 7 October 1840. Unlike the guilders struck for the home country, which received a new bust, this colonial issue kept the King's old portrait, engraved by Auguste-François Michaut. It was struck at the Utrecht Mint under the mintmaster Paulus Charles Gerard Poelman. The 1840 date, the year of the abdication, was struck in 1,981,267 pieces.

ObverseThe Portrait of the King

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

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

AMEngraved by Auguste-François Michaut

ReverseThe Crowned Arms

1 GMUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN .1840.NEDERLANDSCH INDIE

Design: The crowned arms between the two parts of the value, the date at the top.
Legend: MUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN .1840. (Coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands).
Denomination: 1 G (1 gulden).
Inscription: NEDERLANDSCH INDIE (Netherlands Indies).

AMEngraved by Auguste-François Michaut