The Dutch Ministry of Finance has announced (8th October) that a new two Euro coin will be issued on the 25th November which celebrates the country’s 200th anniversary of both independence and the formation of the kingdom of the Netherlands. The modern Dutch kingdom was on its way to formal recognition in 1813 when Prince […]

The Royal Dutch Mint has launched (21st September) a special set of Dutch coins assembled to both bid farewell to the coins issued under the reign of Queen Beatrix, as well as mark the last “Queen’s Day” which was celebrated on the 30th April of this year – the very day which the Queen chose […]

The Royal Dutch Mint have launched (15th August) two new coins in celebration of the Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis)– which celebrates its centennial anniversary during the month of August. The monumental Peace Palace, built in neo-Renaissance style, was inaugurated on the 28th August 1913 by HM Queen Wilhelmina. The immense and impressive building houses the […]

The Royal Dutch Mint have unveiled (6th June) the designs of two new coins in the “Dutch heritage” series which began last year. The Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrates its bi-centenary in 2015 when the modern Kingdom was created after the defeat of Napoleonic forces in 1813. Prince William of Orange landed in the coastal […]

The Royal Dutch Mint have announced (16th April) the issue of four coins which will be struck to commemorate the investiture of King Willem-Alexander, who becomes the new Dutch head of state on the 30th April 2013. Willem-Alexander, currently the Prince of Orange of the Netherlands, becomes King on this date after his mother Queen […]

The Royal Dutch Mint have launched (4th April) their final set of proof coins minted under the reign of Queen Beatrix (reigned 1980 – 2013). On the 30th April, the Queen formally abdicates as Dutch Head of State in favor of her eldest son, the Prince of Orange who will assume the throne as King […]

The Royal Dutch Mint has launched (20th March) a new set which combines some of the original key type coins issued after the signing of the Peace of Utrecht treaty – ending the decade long War of the Spanish succession and enabling the eventual union of the Dutch provinces into one Kingdom. Also included in […]

The Royal Dutch Mint have launched (13th March) three new coin which will mark the 300th anniversary of the treaty of Utrecht, an agreement reached through diplomacy between the opposing factions of the War of the Spanish Succession, establishing a peace between Great Britain, Portugal, Savoy, and the Dutch Republic who had been opposed to […]

The Royal Dutch Mint has unveiled (6th February) the first official legal tender coin marking the royal Succession. The new coin, a €2 piece, includes the double portraits of the current head of State, Queen Beatrix along with her successor, Willem-Alexander, the Prince of Orange. An announcement was made to the Dutch nation on the […]