- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB05-0231 |
| Description: | 5 Cents |
| Country or State: | Netherlands |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| Reign: | 30. April 1980 - 30. April 2013 |
| Currency: | Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001) |
| Obverse: | The bust of Beatrix facing left with a vertical inscription to the right |
| Obverse Legend: | BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN |
| Reverse: | Value and date within vertical lines |
| Reverse Legend: | 1988, 5 CENT |
| Edge: | Smooth |
| Designer: | Bruno Ninaber van Eyben |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Privy Mark: | Hammer and anvil (J. de Jong 1980-1988) |
| Mint Mark: | Caduceus (Utrecht, the Netherlands) |
| Composition: | Bronze |
| Diameter: | 21.0 mm |
| Thickness: | 1.45 mm |
| Weight: | 3.500 grams |
| Mintage: | 22,600,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 202 |
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Beatrix; (born 31 January 1938) is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. Beatrix was born in Baarn, the Netherlands. She is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. In 1948, she became heiress presumptive to the throne of the Netherlands. When her mother Juliana abdicated on 30 April 1980, Beatrix succeeded her as Queen of the Netherlands. She attended public primary and secondary schools in Canada, during World War II, and in the Netherlands. In 1961, she received her law degree from Leiden University. In 1966, Beatrix married Claus van Amsberg, with whom she had three children: Prince Willem-Alexander (1967), Prince Friso (1968) and Prince Constantijn (1969). Her husband Prince Claus died in 2002. Queen Beatrix is the oldest reigning monarch of the Netherlands. |