Vilmos Frigyes György Lajos, better known as II. King William of the Netherlands, reigned in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Limburg from 1840 to 1849. He was born on December 6, 1792 in The Hague and died on March 17, 1849 in Tilburg. He was the eldest son of Dutch King William I and Queen Wilma. His maternal great-grandfather was King Frederick the Great of Prussia. II. Vilmos spent his childhood at the Prussian court, where he received a military education. He later studied at Oxford University and became Duke of Wellington's aide-de-camp in the Iberian War.1840. ascended the throne on October 7, after his father Vilmos I abdicated. During his reign, he had to face, among other things, the Belgian uprising and the Belgian independence movement. 1816. On February 21, he married the Russian Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna Romanov, with whom they had four sons: III. King William of the Netherlands, Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Henrik of the Netherlands and Prince Ernest Casimir of the Netherlands. II. During William's reign, the Netherlands underwent important political and social changes, and it was during his time that the modern Dutch state began to emerge. At the end of his reign, in 1849, he died of a sudden heart attack.

II. The coinage of King William of the Netherlands between 1840 and 1849 was one of the most important periods in the history of the Dutch mint. At this time, the gold treasure system was introduced and many new types of coins were put into circulation. The gold treasure system forms the basis of the Dutch financial system. According to this system, the amount of gold treasure is equal to the amount of banknotes in circulation. This means that Dutch banknotes can be exchanged for gold at their nominal value. The most important of these were the 1 guilder and 50 cent coins. The 1 guilder coin is made of gold, and the 50 cent coin is made of silver. II. Many new technological developments took place during Vilmos' minting. The most important of these were the introduction of machine minting and color printing. Machine minting made it possible to produce coins faster and more accurately. The color printing made it possible to use colors to decorate the coins. II. William's coinage contributed significantly to the development of the Dutch financial system. The introduction of the gold treasure system, machine minting and color printing marked the modernization of the Dutch mint.