Item number: A1884

Year: AD 1872

Material: Silver

Size: 38.1 x 38.1 x 2.3 mm

Weight: 25.15 g

Manufactured by: Royal Dutch Mint

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2015

This is a 2½-Gulden silver coin issued by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in AD 1872.

The obverse of the coin features a right-facing portrait of Willem III, the reigning ruler of the Netherlands at the time. Below the portrait, the engraver’s signature, “I.P. SCHOUBERG. F.” (Johannes Petrus Schouberg Fecit), is inscribed. Surrounding the portrait is a Latin inscription of Willem III’s title: “WILLEM III KONING DER NED.G.H.V.L.” (Willem III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg).

The reverse of the coin features the national coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with a crowned shield adorned with a lion. On either side of the shield, the denomination “2½ G” (2½ Dutch Gulden) is inscribed. Beneath the shield, on either side, are totems of a long sword and a sceptre, which represent the mint master Herman Adriann van den Wall Bake and the Royal Dutch Mint’s marks. Surrounding the coin is the inscription “MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN,” meaning “Currency of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,” along with the year of issuance “1872” at the top.

The edge of the coin is inscribed with “★ GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS”, a phrase meaning “God be with us.” This motto originates from the Eighty Years’ War, during which it served as a rallying cry for Dutch independence. To this day, the same inscription continues to appear on the edge of the 2-euro coins issued by the Netherlands.

Willem III served as King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from AD 1849 until his death in AD 1890. Following the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars in AD 1815, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, under the terms of the Treaty of Vienna, also assumed the title of Grand Duke of Luxembourg. However, after Willem III’s death in AD 1890, Luxembourg, adhering to the Salic Law, which only permitted male rulers, rejected the succession of his daughter, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, to the position of Grand Duchess. Instead, Luxembourg appointed the Duke of Nassau, a member of the Holy Roman Empire, as the new Grand Duke. This marked the separation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, establishing Luxembourg as an independent nation.

物件編號: A1884

年代: 公元 1872 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 38.1 x 38.1 x 2.3 mm

重量: 25.15 g

製造地: 荷蘭皇家鑄幣廠

來源: 大城郵幣社 2015

這是一枚公元1872年，荷蘭王國發行的面額2½ 荷蘭盾銀幣。

錢幣正面是時任荷蘭統治者的威廉三世右側肖像，肖像下緣是雕刻家姓名戳記「I.P. SCHOUBERG. F.」(約翰尼斯·佩特魯斯·舒伯格·費西特)。錢幣周圍有一道拉丁文標示的頭銜「WILLEM III KONING DER NED.G.H.V.L.」(威廉三世 荷蘭國王暨盧森堡大公)。

錢幣背面是荷蘭王國國徽，一面頂著皇冠以雄獅裝飾的盾牌。國徽左右兩側標示錢幣面額為「2½ G」(2½ 荷蘭盾)，盾牌下緣左右兩側的長劍跟權杖圖騰，分別是監工赫爾曼·亞德里安·馮登沃爾貝克和荷蘭皇家鑄幣廠的戳記。錢幣周圍有銘文「MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN」意思是「荷蘭王國流通的貨幣」和頂端的發行年份「1872」。

錢幣側邊也有銘文「★ GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS」源自荷蘭爭取獨立的八十年戰爭鼓勵人心的口號「上帝與我們同在」，這句銘文至今仍打印在荷蘭發行的2歐元硬幣側邊。

威廉三世於公元1849至1890年間，擔任荷蘭國王暨盧森堡大公。公元1815年，拿破崙戰爭結束之後，荷蘭國王根據《維也納條約》兼任盧森堡大公國大公身分。直到公元1890年威廉三世駕崩後，盧森堡根據只准許男性擔任統治者的薩利克法傳統，反對繼任的荷蘭女王威廉明娜擔任大公，決定另立神聖羅馬帝國的拿騷公爵擔任大公一職，自此盧森堡大公國脫離荷蘭王國成為獨立的國家。