Coins

One of my hobbies is collecting coins, in particular modern coins (19th and 20th century) which are used for payment, from all countries of the world.

Current Dutch coins are

5 Cent Stuiver.
10 Cent Dubbeltje.

The Dutch `dubbetje' with its 14mm diameter is the smallest sized coin currently in use anywhere in the world. The Philips engineers in charge of setting the technical specifications for the Compact Disc (CD) gave this disc a very Dutch touch: the size of the center hole of a CD equals the size of the dubbeltje, and the Dutch dubbeltje is the only coin in the world that passes through a CD center hole. This will give you an idea of the dubbeltje's size, in case you don't have one at hand.

25 Cent Kwartje.
1 Guilder. (Gulden)
2.5 Guilder Rijksdaalder
5 Guilders.
10 Guilders (Memorative coins).
50 Guilders (Memorative coins).

Other recent Dutch coins are, now out of circulation:

1 Cent
1 Guilder (silver)
2.5 Guilder (silver)

Coin and banknote links

Numismatic Home Page
Numismania. Nice cite with many very good images of Dutch coins.
Banknotes in The Netherlands. Site showing how beautiful the banknotes from my country are.

Thanks are due to Gerard Tel, for the information about the dubbeltje.

Last update: May 6, 1997.

hansb@cs.uu.nl.