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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1561154, member: 39"]Basically the continents. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Between North America and Australia you have the Grachtengordel (original layout; today it looks like this <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/AmsterdamGrachten.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/AmsterdamGrachten.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/AmsterdamGrachten.jpg</a>). On the other side, between Africa and South America, there is Queen Beatrix.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is the first in a series celebrating the Unesco World Heritage sites in the Netherlands, hence the inscription "Nederlands Werelderfgoed". And I think that the world map is supposed to emphasize this "world" aspect. Why the fingerprints? Don't ask me. I would have preferred a more detailed view of the Grachten/canal system instead ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1561154, member: 39"]Basically the continents. :) Between North America and Australia you have the Grachtengordel (original layout; today it looks like this [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/AmsterdamGrachten.jpg[/url]). On the other side, between Africa and South America, there is Queen Beatrix. The coin is the first in a series celebrating the Unesco World Heritage sites in the Netherlands, hence the inscription "Nederlands Werelderfgoed". And I think that the world map is supposed to emphasize this "world" aspect. Why the fingerprints? Don't ask me. I would have preferred a more detailed view of the Grachten/canal system instead ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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