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  • 2½ Gulden 1969-1980, KM# 191, Netherlands, Juliana
  • 2½ Gulden 1969-1980, KM# 191, Netherlands, Juliana
Description

Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 1909–2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.

Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. From birth she was heir presumptive to the Dutch throne. In 1937, she married Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld with whom she had four children: Beatrix, Irene, Margriet, and Christina.

She reigned for nearly 32 years. Her reign saw the decolonization of Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and Suriname and their independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Upon her death at the age of 94, she was the longest-lived former reigning monarch in the world.

Engraver: Ludwig Oswald Wenckebach

Obverse

Depicts a portrait of Queen Juliana facing right surrounded by the inscription "Juliana Queen of the Netherlands".

Engraver's privy mark under the portrait.

JULIANA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN •
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Reverse

Depicts the coat of arms dividing date and value. Name of the country below.

The coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was originally adopted in 1815 and later modified in 1907. The arms are a composite of the arms of the former Dutch Republic and the arms of the House of Nassau, it features a checkered shield with a lion grasping a sword in one hand and a bundle of seven arrows in the other and is the heraldic symbol of the monarch and the country. The lion comes from the arms of the House of Nassau. The sword and sheaf of arrows in the lion’s paws come from the coat of arms of the States General of the Republic of the United Provinces. The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht. The shield is crowned with the Dutch Royal Crown.

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 mark (The star indicates that the piece was struck at the beginning of the term of office of a successor):
• Fish (J.W.A. van Hengel, 1945-1969)
• Cock (Marius van den Brandhof, 1969-1979)
• Cock with star (B.C.H.J. Smit, 1980)

19 69
2 1/2 G
NEDERLAND

Edge

God zij met ons (English: God be with us) is a proverb phrase written on Dutch coins. This shortened text expands into its Latin origin "Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos" (If God is with us, who shall be against us?). This biblical motto was used in the Eighty years war and taken over by the Dutch Republic for use on its coins.

GOD ☆ ZIJ ☆ MET ☆ ONS ☆

2½ Gulden

KM# 191 Schön# 71
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Characteristics
Material Nickel
Weight 10 g
Diameter 29 mm
Thickness 2.39 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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