One cent coin (Netherlands)
The one-cent coin was a coin struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1817 and 1980. The coin was worth 1 cent or 1⁄100 of a Dutch guilder.
Dimensions and weight
[edit]Specifications | 1 cent 1817–1877 | 1 cent 1877–1941 | 1 cent 1941–1944 | 1 cent 1948–1980 | Refs |
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Gram | 3.85 g (1817–1837) 3.9 g (1860–1877) | 2.5 g (1877–1901) 2.6 g (1913–1941) | 2 g | 1.9 g (1948) 2 mm (1950–1980) | [1] |
Diameter | 22 mm | 19 mm | 17 mm | 17.1 mm | |
Thickness | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1.5 mm | 1.2 mm (1948) 1.3 mm (1950–1980) | |
Metal | Copper | Bronze | Zinc | Bronze |
Versions
[edit]Monarch | Mint | Material | Obverse | Reverse | Edge | Minting years | Refs |
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William I | Utrecht and Brussels | Copper | Crowned W between the mint year | Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1817–1819(U) 1821–1824(U and B) 1826–1828(U and B) 1830(U) 1831(U) 1837(U) | [2] |
William III | Utrecht | Copper | Crowned W between the mint year | Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1860–1864 1870 1873 1875–1877 | |
William III | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1877 1878 1880–1884 | |
Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1892 1896–1901 | |
Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver (smaller mint and mint master mark and lion manes longer) | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1902 1904–1907 | |
Wilhelmina | Utrecht and Philadelphia | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver (different crown and bigger lettering) | Value between two bonded orange branches (different orange branches and bigger lettering) | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1913–1922(U) 1924–1931(U) 1937–1941(U) 1942(P) 1943(P) | |
German occupation coin[n 1] | Utrecht | Zinc | Strait cross with ribbon displaying ‘Nederland’ | Value with four waves and a cereal ear | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1941–1944 | |
Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Queens head to the left | Value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1948 | |
Juliana | Utrecht | Bronze | Queens head to the right | Value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1950–1980 |
Gallery
[edit]Obverse and reverse of 1-cent coin 1941 and 1943
Notes
[edit]- ^ The 1 cent coin made in the Netherlands during World War II was made of zinc, and worth 1⁄100, or 0.01, of the Dutch guilder. It was designed by Nico de Haas, a Dutch national-socialist. The respective mintage was of 31,800,000 (1941), 241,000,000 (1942), 71,000,000 (1943), and 29,600,000 (1944).
References
[edit]- ^ "numista.com". Numista. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "nomisma.nl". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
External links
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