Netherlands 1999 euro

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in the Netherlands 1999-2006. The Dutch began minting euros in 1999.

Recorded mintage: 63,500,000 plus 16,500 proofs.

Specification: 7.5 g., Bi-Metallic Copper-Nickel center in Brass ring, 23.3 mm diameter. Obv: Stylized portrait of the queen by Bruno an Eyben; Rev: Denomination and map by Luc Luycx; Edge: Reeded and plain sections.

Catalog reference: KM 240.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2018, 35^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2017.

Link to:

• Belgium 1999 euro
• France 2000 euro
• 2000 2 euro
• 2003 10 euro, Vincent Van Gogh
• Coins and currency dated 1999
• return to coins of the Netherlands