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  • 10 Euro Cent 1999-2006, KM# 237, Netherlands, Beatrix
  • 10 Euro Cent 1999-2006, KM# 237, Netherlands, Beatrix
Description

Beatrix (born 31 January 1938) reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013, after a reign of exactly 33 years. In 1966, Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg, a German diplomat, with whom she had three children. Beatrix's reign saw the country's Caribbean possessions reshaped with Aruba's secession and becoming its own constituent country within the Kingdom in 1986 as well as the subsequent Antillean Dissolution in 2010, which created the new special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, and the two new constituent countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. On Koninginnedag (Queen's Day), 30 April 2013, Beatrix abdicated in favour of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, and resumed the title of princess.

Obverse

The portrait of Her Majesty the Queen can be seen surrounded by dots and 12 stars. Around the edge, beginning to the left of the centre, the following can be seen: the words "Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands", the mark of the Royal Dutch Mint, the year and the mark of the National Mint Director.

Mint mark: Caduceus (Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings), the logo of the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Mint master marks (the star indicates that the piece was struck at the beginning of the term of office of a successor):
1999: Bow and arrow – Drs. Chr. van Draanen
2000: Bow and arrow with a star – E. J. van Schauwenburg
2001: Vine branch and fruits – R. Bruens
2002: Vine branch and fruits with a star – Maarten Brouwer
2003–2006: Sailboat – Maarten Brouwer

Engraver: Bruno Ninaber van Eyben

BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN
2006

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the left side of the coin.

12 stars are located on the left side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “0” in “10.”

10
LL
EURO
CENT

Edge

10 Euro Cent

1st map
KM# 237 Schön# 120
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Characteristics
Material Nordic Gold
Weight 4.1 g
Diameter 19.75 mm
Thickness 1.93 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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