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  • 2 Euro 1999-2006, KM# 241, Netherlands, Beatrix
  • 2 Euro 1999-2006, KM# 241, 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 to the left of the centre. Twelve stars can be seen at the left side of the edge. On the right side there are three vertical lines reading "Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands", all of which are underlined. Between the three lines, near the lower edge, are the marks of the National Mint Director and the Royal Dutch Mint. The year appears horizontally under the name "BEATRIX". This design was taken from the former Dutch guilder.

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 right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right 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 “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

GOD BE WITH US in Dutch. The same lettering had been applied to the larger denomination Guilder coins.

GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS ★

2 Euro

1st map
KM# 241 Schön# 124
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Characteristics
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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