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<p>[QUOTE="Guilder Pincher, post: 3076643, member: 87595"]Next up, a 1 cent coin of Willem III. The design of this coin was unchanged from that of Willem I and by 1877 was pretty antiquated. To add some distinction between copper and silver coins, a different style of W was used. While the silver fractional coinage of Willem I had been replaced by new designs during the great silver recoinage of 1848/1849 with new designs featuring the portrait of Willem II in place of the monogram, copper fractional coinage was not replaced by new designs (in bronze) until midway through 1877, making this particular coin the last of its lineage. Both types exist for this date.</p><p>Fun fact: the diameter of the 1 cent coin was increased by 1 millimeter at the last moment to make it more distinct from the 25 cent coin, after the master dies had been cut. This is why the design is noticeably further from the edge than on the other Dutch monogram coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]773999[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Guilder Pincher, post: 3076643, member: 87595"]Next up, a 1 cent coin of Willem III. The design of this coin was unchanged from that of Willem I and by 1877 was pretty antiquated. To add some distinction between copper and silver coins, a different style of W was used. While the silver fractional coinage of Willem I had been replaced by new designs during the great silver recoinage of 1848/1849 with new designs featuring the portrait of Willem II in place of the monogram, copper fractional coinage was not replaced by new designs (in bronze) until midway through 1877, making this particular coin the last of its lineage. Both types exist for this date. Fun fact: the diameter of the 1 cent coin was increased by 1 millimeter at the last moment to make it more distinct from the 25 cent coin, after the master dies had been cut. This is why the design is noticeably further from the edge than on the other Dutch monogram coins. [ATTACH=full]773998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]773999[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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