Dutch euro coins
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Dutch euro coins have two designs by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, both of which feature a portrait or effigy of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. All coins share the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint in their design.
Like in Finland the Dutch have decided in not to issue one and two cent coins anymore, starting from September 1, 2004. The coins remain legal tender, but no longer issued in shops. Sums are rounded to the nearest €0.05; hence sums ending in €0.01, €0.02, €0.06 or €0.07 are rounded down, and those ending in €0.03, €0.04, €0.08 or €0.09 are rounded up. The rounding is applied to the grand total only, while individual prices are still shown and summed up with €0.01 precision. This method is known as "Swedish rounding".
For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins.
| € 0.01 | € 0.02 | € 0.05 |
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| Portrait of Queen Beatrix, her title around the edge | ||
| € 0.10 | € 0.20 | € 0.50 |
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| Portrait of Queen Beatrix, her title around the edge | ||
| € 1.00 | € 2.00 | € 2 Coin Edge |
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The edge lettering features the words GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS (God Be With Us). The same lettering had been applied to the larger gulden coins. |
| Portrait of Queen Beatrix, her title vertically shown as in the former gulden | ||
[edit] €2 commemorative and collector coins
The Netherlands has not issued €2 commemorative coins.
[edit] Collector coins
Besides the common series depicted above, the Dutch Bank has also circulated collector coins of €5 or €10 denomination. The coins are legal tender only in the Netherlands and not in the rest of the EU. The coins are however rarely seen as practically all go into coin collections. Of several of the coins silver or gold collectors versions have been minted (which were distributed at a higher price than denomination).
The Dutch collector coins are[1]:
- 2002: Royal Wedding coin, €10
- 2003: Van Gogh fiver, €5
- 2004: Royal Birth Coin, €10
- 2004: Europe Coin, €5
- 2004: Kingdom of the Netherlands Coin, €5
- 2005: Royal Anniversary, €10; Beatrix queen for 25 years
- 2005: Peace Fiver, €5; 60 years ago end of WWII
- 2006: Australia Fiver, €5; Commemorating discovery of Australia
- 2006: Rembrandt Fiver, €5; Rembrandt was born 400 years ago
