The set consists of 8 coins and they are the Dutch ones, they carry the head of Queen Beatrice on the reverse: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1 and 2 euro. All euro-nations distribute their own coins. The euro has the same subdivision as the pound sterling after all! (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 p and 1 and 2 pound ones). We used to have a 'kwartje', quarter or 25 cents. This coin is doomed. The cent as a coin, not as a calculation unit, was abolished years ago because of its non-value, now it returns. Two old names we have had under the guilder will probably survive. The 5 cent piece may continue to be called a 'stuiver' and the 10 cent coin may still be called 'dubbeltje' (dime, double stuiver). The stuiver was our shilling (1/20 of a guilder) and it existed for hundreds of years; before decimalization in 1820 the stuiver was subdivided in eight pennies or 'duiten'. The vierduit was half a stuiver.
The bank notes will come from Jan. 1 onwards. They can be taken 'out of the wall' on that day. Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2001 December 16, 20:36 Subject: Re: [USMA:16651] euro > 2001-12-16 > > What does the set consist of as far as the coins are concerend? Is it one of each coin? And are these samples a mixture of the various national backsides, or strictly the Netherlands national backside? John <snip>
