Netherlands 10 cents 1849 - William II

The coin's story

This 10 cents coin in 640 thousandths silver belongs to the short series struck in 1848 and 1849, at the end of the reign of William II. 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 portrait is the work of Johannes Petrus Schouberg, engraver at the Utrecht Mint. The reverse shows the value above the date within a wreath. The 1849 date, the year of the King's death, was struck in 4,050,589 pieces at the Utrecht Mint. The coin is no longer legal tender.