Dutch euro coins

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Dutch euro coins have two designs by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, both of which feature a portrait or effigy of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. All coins share the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint in their design.

As in Finland, most of the Dutch shops have decided not to issue one and two cent coins starting from September 1, 2004. The coins remain legal tender, but are no longer issued in most of the shops. Sums are rounded to the nearest €0.05; hence sums ending in €0.01, €0.02, €0.06 or €0.07 are rounded down, and those ending in €0.03, €0.04, €0.08 or €0.09 are rounded up. The rounding is applied to the grand total only, while individual prices are still shown and summed up with €0.01 precision. This method is known as "Swedish rounding".

[edit] Dutch euro design

For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins.

**Depiction of Dutch euro coinage | Obverse side**
€ 0.01	€ 0.02	€ 0.05

Portrait of Queen Beatrix, her title around the edge
€ 0.10	€ 0.20	€ 0.50

Portrait of Queen Beatrix, her title around the edge
€ 1.00	€ 2.00	€ 2 Coin Edge
		The edge lettering features the words GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS (God Be With Us). The same lettering had been applied to the larger guilder coins.
Portrait of Queen Beatrix, her title vertically shown as in the former guilder

[edit] Circulating Mintage quantities

Face Value ^[1]	€0.01	€0.02	€0.05	€0.10	€0.20	€0.50	€1.00	€2.00
1999	47,800,000	109,000,000	213,000,000	149,700,000	86,500,000	99,600,000	63,500,000	9,900,000
2000	276,800,000	122,000,000	184,200,000	156,700,000	67,500,000	87,000,000	62,800,000	24,400,000
2001	179,300,000	145,800,000	205,900,000	193,500,000	97,600,000	94,500,000	67,900,000	140,500,000
2002	800,000	53,100,000	900,000	800,000	51,200,000	80,900,000	20,100,000	37,200,000
2003	58,100,000	151,200,000	1,400,000	1,200,000	58,200,000	1,200,000	1,400,000	1,200,000
2004	113,900,000	115,700,000	400,000	400,000	20,500,000	300,000	300,000	300,000
2005	400,000	400,000	80,400,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	200,000	200,000
2006	200,000	200,000	60,100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
2007	200,000	200,000	78,600,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	100,000	100,000
2008	413,000	413,000	50,413,000	363,000	363,000	363,000	288,000	288,000
/// = has not been minted, ??? = unknown as of yet, --- = only minted for sets

[edit] Future changes to national sides

The Commission of the European Communities issued a recommendation on 19 December 2008, a common guideline for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation. One section of this recommendation stipulates that:

Article 4. Design of the national sides:

"The national side of the euro coins intended for circulation should bear the 12 European stars that should fully surround the national design, including the year mark and the indication of the issuing Member State's name. The European stars should be depicted as on the European flag."

Since Dutch low denominations euro coins place the indication of the member's name instead of the 12 stars of the union, a new design on the Dutch euro coins is expected in the near future to comply with these new guidelines, although nothing officially have been announced yet.^[2]