fwo_969771 - NETHERLANDS INDIES 2 1/2 Gulden Wilhelmina 1943 Denver
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Type : 2 1/2 Gulden Wilhelmina
Date: 1943
Mint name / Town : Denver
Quantity minted : 20000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 720 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,07 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS *
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NERDERLANDEN.
Obverse description : Tête nue à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Wilhelmine, reine des Néerlandais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN.1940..
Reverse description : Écu aux armes du Royaume couronné, accosté de 2 1/2 - G, d'une épée et d'un caducée.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie du royaume des Néerlandais).
Commentary
Cette monnaie a été frappée à l’atelier de Denver (différent palmier et lettre D) et n’a circulé que dans les Indes Néerlandaises. On rappellera qu’alors les Pays-Bas étaient occupés par l’Allemagne jusqu’à leur libération totale en mai 1945.
Historical background
NETHERLANDS INDIES
In 1602, the Vereenigde Ooste Indishe Compagnie (United East India Company) abbreviated as VOC was founded, which obtained the monopoly of trade in the Indian Ocean. It establishes counters, raises troops and maintains a fleet. Badly managed, the VOC is also worn down by competition and wars with the British. It loses Ceylon and is reinforced in the area of present-day Indonesia. The VOC went bankrupt in 1798 and its assets were taken over by the Batavian Republic and then by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Occupied between 1943 and 1945 by Japanese troops, the Dutch failed to restore their sovereignty over the archipelago and had to concede independence in 1949.
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