I was cataloging my Netherlands coins this evening and noticed the tiny privy marks. I can identify the fish (1950-1969) and the cock with and without star (1969-1980), and I think the constant one to the right is a caduceus (of the Mercury type). However, I can't really tell what the marks on 1982-1999, 2000, and 2001 are. I've included some scans of the three marks I'm having trouble identifying; they are to the left of the dates. No, I don't expect anyone to be able to tell what they are from the scans. I'm including the scans just to point out to what I am referring. I hope that some one out there has prior knowledge of these marks. (I don't have any coins from pre-1950 with privy marks, so I cannot begin to try to identify those on those coins.) Thanks!
hello. the privy marks from your: 1st image: bow & arrow 2nd image: bow & arrow & star 3rd image: wine tendril & grapes hope these can help...
Hello, about the star: in the Netherlands, when a mintmaster retires, they use his mintmark together with a star until the new appointed mintmaster chooses his mintmark.
The mercury staff, by the way, is not a mintmaster sign but the Utrecht (KNM) mint mark. However, even the Dutch euro coins made by the Birmingham Mint in the UK have that mark. Christian
