Netherlands 2½ Cents - German Occupation, 1941 – 1942

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Netherlands Netherlands
Currency Gulden
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 2½ Cents
Year 1941 – 1942
Ruler German occupation (1940–1945)
Composition Zinc
Shape Round
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 2.8
Diameter (mm) 20
Thickness (mm) 1.6
Demonetized 15 August 1950

Description

2½ Cents from Netherlands. Issued from 1941 to 1942. Struck in Zinc. Measures 20 mm and weighs 2.8 g.

Obverse
Frisian owl board; a decorated facade sign on the roof construction of farms and houses in the Frisian countryside, it consists of stylized swans flanking the facade sign containing a fly hole for owls to fly freely in and out of the barn and hunt rodents within. (Netherlands)
Reverse
Four waves and an ear of corn on the right.
Edge
Plain

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vg f vf xf au Comment Frequency
1942  200K — — — — — most were remelted 2%
1941  27.6M € 1,10 € 1,10 € 2,80 € 3,20 € 6,70 99%

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