The Five cent coin (commonly called Stuiver) was a coin struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1818 and 2001. Twenty stuivers equalled a Dutch Guilder.
Dimensions and weight 5 cent 1818–1828 5 cent 1848-1887 5 cent 1907–1909 5 cent 1913–1940 5 cent 1941–1943 5 cent 1948–2001 Mass 0.85 gram 0.69 gram 4.5 gram 4.5 gram 2.6 gram 3.5 gram Diameter 15 mm 12.5 mm 18 mm 21.3 mm 18 mm 21 mm Thickness ? mm 0.76 mm 1.8 mm 1.5 mm ? mm 1.45 mm 1.44 mm 1.45 mm Metal Silver .569 Silver .640 Nickel Copper/Nickel Zinc Bronze Source
Versions Monarch Mint Material Obverse Reverse Edge Minting years William I Utrecht and Brussels Silver Crowned W between the mint year Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value Smooth with no edge lettering 1818(U), 1819(U), 1822(U), 1825(B), 1826(B), 1827(U and B), 1828(B) William II Utrecht Silver Kings bust to the left Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1848 William III Utrecht Silver Kings bust to the right Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1850, 1853, 1855, 1859, 1862, 1863, 1868, 1869, 1876, 1879, 1887 Wilhelmina Utrecht Copper/Nickel A crown between two oak branches Value in a wreath of two bonded orange branches Smooth with no edge lettering 1907–1909 Wilhelmina Utrecht Copper/Nickel Fruit bearing orange branches within a double edge Value within a pearl edge Smooth with no edge lettering 1913, 1914, 1923, 1929, 1932–1934, 1936, 1938–1940, 1943 German occupation coin Utrecht Zinc Two Saxon horse heads under a sun Value within a ring with a cereal ear to the right and nine waves to the left Smooth with no edge lettering 1941–1943 Wilhelmina Utrecht Bronze Queens head to the left Value with a fruit bearing orange branch Smooth with no edge lettering 1948 Juliana Utrecht Bronze Queens head to the right Value with a fruit bearing orange branch Smooth with no edge lettering 1950–1958, 1960–1967, 1969–1980 Beatrix Utrecht Bronze Half Queens head to the left Value with interrupted rectangular planes Smooth with no edge lettering 1982–2001 Discontinued due to introduction of the euro. Source
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