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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Euro, post: 1122795, member: 28879&quot;]Hi Christian</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ah well, I only collect Dutch Euros. Keeps things simple <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What really interests me here is how the Dutch will solve their dilemma.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Back in 2007 (the common 50 years of the treaty of Rome issue) they made a capital mistake. They put &quot;Koninkrijk der Nederlanden&quot; (Kingdom of The Netherlands) on their coins. Huge blunder, as their kingdom, then, existed of 3 independent countries: Aruba, The Netherlands Antilles and The Netherlands proper of which two weren&#039;t even using the Euro. This coin is sooooo very wrong <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The matter was corrected in 2009. The Dutch coin within the 2009 common &quot;10 years of European Monetary Union&quot; series bears the name &quot;Nederland&quot; (The Netherlands). Issue solved.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So far so good. But in October 2010 the Dutch changed the structure of their Kingdom. It now exists of 4 countries and the Carribean islands Bonaire, St.-Eustatius and Saba are now part of the Netherlands, but are officially using the USD, not the Euro.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This means that &quot;Nederland&quot; will now be wrong as well, as it would include a Carribean area where the Euro is NOT the official currency. With &quot;Nederland&quot; on it they&#039;d be repeating their 2007 mistake.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Officially the Netherlands now consist of 2 regions. The Carribean part is officially called &quot;Caribisch Nederland&quot; (The Carribean Netherlands). In Dutch government documentation The Netherlands proper are now often called &quot;Europees Nederland&quot; (European Netherlands).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am very curious, as in any case just &quot;Nederland&quot; simply won&#039;t do. There must be a name change on there. Personally, I believe the next Dutch common 2 Euro piece will bear the name &quot;Europees Nederland&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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