{"id":6517,"date":"2020-02-24T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2020-02-21T11:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:36:31","slug":"dutch-money-the-dutch-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-money-the-dutch-euro\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Money: The Dutch Euro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geld <\/em>(money). It is the lifeblood of our economie\u00ebn\u00a0<\/em>(economies) and we need it in our\u00a0dagelijks leven\u00a0<\/em>(daily life) for everything from\u00a0boodschappen\u00a0<\/em>(groceries)<\/a> to\u00a0treinkaartjes\u00a0<\/em>(train tickets)<\/a> to buying a\u00a0rijbewijs <\/em>(driver’s license)<\/a> once you get tired of all the\u00a0vertragingen <\/em>(delays) of the Dutch trains. Last week, we talked about the\u00a0gulden<\/em>, the Dutch currency before the country joined the euro. But what does the euro look like in the Netherlands? Let’s have a look.<\/p>\n

Click here for other posts in the series on Dutch Money.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New Dutch Coins!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Comparison between Dutch eurocenten<\/em> (Image by author).<\/p><\/div>\n

The euro was introduced in the Netherlands on January 1, 2002, together with eleven other European countries. Over the years, a few more countries have joined the currency. The official sign for the money changed from the \u0192, which stood for the\u00a0gulden<\/em>, to the \u20ac, the euro sign. But more notably, Dutch coins changed, too!<\/p>\n

The\u00a0eurocenten\u00a0<\/em>(euro cents) looked quite different from the\u00a0gulden<\/em>. Above you can see 5 cents, 10 cent and 20 cent coins. As you can see, the\u00a0kop\u00a0<\/em>(heads) changed over time.<\/p>\n

The lower left 5 cent<\/strong> displays\u00a0Koningin Beatrix<\/em> (Queen Beatrix)<\/a>, looking left. The text says\u00a0Koningin der Nederlanden<\/em>, and the year 1999. 3 years before the introduction of the euro, some countries already began minting their coins. And the Dutch decided to add the minting year, not the year when it went into circulation.<\/p>\n

Since 2013, her zoon <\/em>(son) Willem-Alexander<\/em> is\u00a0Koning<\/em> (king)<\/a>. This means, as tradition dictates, a new\u00a0kop\u00a0<\/em>(head) on the coin! Ever since 1816, the\u00a0vorst\u00a0<\/em>(monarch) of the land gets their face printed on the coins. This tradition continued with the euro. And you can see that\u00a0Willem-Alexander <\/em>looks the other way, towards his mother. This is because, as discussed last week, it is seen as unfitting for monarchs to look at each others’ necks!<\/p>\n

As you can see, these coins are all from 2016, and the text reads\u00a0Willem-Alexander, Koning der Nederlanden\u00a0<\/em>(Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands).<\/p>\n

A Confusing New World…<\/strong><\/h2>\n