Netherlands 1943-P cent

from the Enschede Collection

This brass cent was issued by Philadelphia mint for the Dutch government-in-exile 1943-43 for her colony of Suriname. The SCWC files this under Suriname but Schulman catalogs this as a homeland type. The brass issue is fairly common but a few were issued in bronze.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, brass, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 10, Sch-1287.

Source:

• Peters, T., J. Scheper and J. Mevius, Muntalmanak 2014, 31^e editie, Amsterdam: Nederlandse vereniging van munthandelaren, 2013.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1942 zinc cent
• 1942-P cent
• 1943 zinc 10 cents
• 1943 zinc 25 cents
• 1944-P 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• On the decimal coinage of the Netherlands
• return to coins of Netherlands