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Seven Dutch Monarchs

I was reading through some numismatic books for a new subject for this blog; several subjects crossed my view. For example, military banknotes, Indian coinage, Byzantine coinage and Ottoman banknotes. I knew that this were specialised subjects for most collectors and for this blog I was searching for a more accessible subject for a wider audience. I was looking at my bookcase again and I saw the standard book for Dutch coins from 1795 until 1969.¹ This was my first official numismatic book I had in my bookcase. For the reason that the first thing I ever collected were coins from the Dutch kingdom. I found it funny that I never wrote any blog about these coins. Not only because of my personal experiences with these coins but also because of their huge popularity across the world. It still amaze me that I sell these coins to collectors and dealers all over the world. I’ve sold them to people in whole Europe but also in Asia, the Middle-East and America. So in this blog I will discuss coins from the Dutch kingdom.

Since 1815 seven monarchs have ‘’ruled’’ over the Netherlands. Willem I was the first King of the Netherlands from 1815 until 1840. Willem II was King of the Netherlands for a shorter period of time between 1840 and 1849. Willem III was king of the Netherlands for a longer period of time between 1849 and 1890. In 1890 he died but his daughter was too young to became queen therefore his wife Emma became regent for a number of years until his daughter was 18 years old. Wilhelmina became queen of the Netherlands in 1898. She abdicate in 1948 when her daughter became queen, Juliana. In 1980 also Juliana abdicated and her daughter became queen, Beatrix. She abdicated almost six years ago. Therefore her son Willem-Alexander became King of the Netherlands in 2013. Several denominations were minted between 1817 and 2019. The denominations that were minted were: 50 gulden; 20 gulden; 10 gulden( silver and gold); 5 gulden ( also in gold); 3 gulden; 2,5 gulden; 1 gulden; 0.5 gulden; 25 cent; 10 cent; 5 cent; 2,5 cent; 1 cent; 0,5 cent; the well-known euro coins since 2001. The metal that was used for the coins depends on the denomination and the period that is was minted. Most used metals were silver, gold, nickel and bronze.