In the second version of 2014, William Alexander, the current King of the Netherlands and son of Queen Beatrix, who ascended the throne after his abdication, is depicted. Below is the thousandth of a coin followed on the right by the winged caduceus symbol of the Mint and on the left by the variable symbol of the Mint Director. On the outside there is the inscription BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN. It is surrounded by dots in relief in which the 12 five-pointed stars representing the European states are well inserted. One refers to the period from 1999 to 2013 and the second refers to the years from 2014 onwards.Īs far as the first obverse version is concerned, it presents the depiction of the face of the Queen of Holland Beatrix turned to the left. It is important to note that there are two versions for this and the other Dutch euro coins. The author for the first series of the coin is Bruno Ninaber van Eyben while for the second series is Erwin Olaf. The first coin that we will analyse is, of course, the 1 cent Netherlands Euro Coins that opens the collection. 1 Cent Netherlands Euro Coins 1 cent Netherlands Euro Coins In particular, from this date on, the forint was still in force for coins and banknotes, while for non-physical payments only the Euro was used.Īfter this necessary introduction, let’s go together to discover what are the main characteristics and peculiarities of the Netherlands Euro coins. On January 1, 1999, the Euro officially entered into force with an exchange rate fixed at 1 Euro = 2.20371 Dutch Florins. This problem was then solved by the implementation of the Marshall Plan. Over time, other coins from the Dutch guilder were created, including the Rijksdaalder with a value of 2,5 florins.Ĭoming more recently, after the end of the Second World War, because of the serious crisis that the conflict had left, the forint devalued by 30%. It was gradually used locally, from the Netherlands as well as from other countries.

At that time the florin was widely used for trade in Europe and beaten in Florence. The origins of the Dutch florin, however, date back to well before the fifteenth century and precisely to the thirteenth century.

This came into force during the 15th century and lasted until the official introduction of the Euro. Brief history of Dutch numismaticsīefore moving to the single European currency, the Netherlands used the Dutch Florin as its official currency. In this page we talk about the Netherlands Euro coins, the characteristics and the quotation of all the denominations of these coins of the Eurocollection.

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