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  • 2½ Gulden 1982-2001, KM# 206, Netherlands, Beatrix
  • 2½ Gulden 1982-2001, KM# 206, 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.

Engraver: Bruno Ninaber van Eyben

Obverse

Depict abstract designs featuring grids and a layered silhouette profile of Queen Beatrix. Inscription 'Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands' on the left.

BEATRIX
KONINGIN DER
NEDERLANDEN

Reverse

Denomination and a simple grid. Date below is surrounded by mint master mark (left) and mint mark (right).

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):
1980-1987: Hammer with anvil – Jan de Jong
1988-1999: Bow and arrow – Chris van Draanen
2000: Bow and arrow with star – Erik J. van Schouwenburg
2001: Fruit bearing vine – Robert Bruens

2 1/2 G
1999

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

Characteristics
Material Nickel
Weight 10 g
Diameter 29 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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