Netherlands · 1845 · 2½ guldenSeries of 2½ gulden of William II (1841-1849)
This 2½ guilder coin in 945 thousandths silver belongs to the series struck from 1841 to 1849 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 appears bareheaded and bearded, in a portrait by the engraver David van der Kellen Jr. The reverse bears the crowned shield of the kingdom and the legend MUNT VAN HET KONINGRYK DER NEDERLANDEN (Coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The 1845 date was struck at the Utrecht Mint, under the mintmaster Paulus Charles Gerard Poelman, in 4,258,415 pieces. The edge bears the motto GOD ZY MET ONS (God be with us).
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2 mm.
5 cents1850 · 13 mm
5 cents1850 · 13 mm
10 cents1849 · 15 mm
25 cents1849 · 19 mm
25 cents1849 · 19 mm
½ gulden1847 · 22 mm
1 gulden1848 · 28 mm
1 gulden1840 · 29.5 mm
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