Obverse. Photo © Numista
  • 10 Euro Cent 2014-2016, KM# 347a, Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, Orange Lucky 10 Cent Coin
  • 10 Euro Cent 2014-2016, KM# 347a, Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, Orange Lucky 10 Cent Coin
  • 10 Euro Cent 2014-2016, KM# 347a, Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, Orange Lucky 10 Cent Coin, Coincard 2014
  • 10 Euro Cent 2014-2016, KM# 347a, Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, Orange Lucky 10 Cent Coin, Coincard 2016
Description

Colored 10 Euro Cents have a name Geluksdubbeltje or Lucky Dubbeltje. A dubbeltje is coming from an old Dutch silver coin Double Stuiver. The 10 euro-cent coin is currently also called a dubbeltje in the Netherlands.

The first issue was carried out May 14, 2012 in honor of the World Cup. The second edition was a first colored 10 Euro Cents of King Willem-Alexander in February 2014. At this time, a Geluksdubbeltje was supposed to bring good luck at international sporting events like the Winter Olympics in Sochi and the World Cup in Brazil. In April 2016 it took place the third edition of Geluksdubbeltje, timed to coincide with the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

Obverse

A stylised profile of King William-Alexander surrounded by 12 stars. The effigy is separated in two parts by an area with a vertical line. At the left of the vertical line, reading from bottom to top, the mark of the National Mint Director, the text "Willem-Alexander" and the Royal Dutch Mint mark. At the right of the vertical line, reading from top to bottom, the title "King of the Netherlands" in Dutch. At the bottom left of the effigy the year of issuance.

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:
• Sailboat (Maarten Brouwer, 2014)
• Sailboat+star (Kees Bruinsma, 2016)

Engraver: Erwin Olaf

Willem-Alexander
Koning der Nederlanden
2014

Reverse

The coin’s numeral of “10” euro-cent has an Orange color, symbolic for the Dutch National team whose colors are also orange and the name of reigning royal dynasty (Orange-Nassau).

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
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Nordic Gold
Weight 4.1 g
Diameter 19.75 mm
Thickness 1.93 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

Related coins

2nd map, 2012 Football (Soccer) Euro Cup in Poland and Ukraine

Orange Lucky 10 Cent Coin

Nordic Gold, 4.1 g, ⌀ 19.75 mm