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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 826608, member: 39&quot;](&quot;Looking for Netherland 5 cent pieces&quot; <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t95537/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t95537/">http://www.cointalk.com/t95537/</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I cannot reply in the Open section, I will do that here. Don&#039;t have any of those that I could give away, but here is some info. The Netherlands made them for thirty years (1913-43). Not in every year though, and the 1943 pieces were minted in the US (for use in the Antilles and Suriname).</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the German occupation in WW2, similarly shaped 5 cent pieces were issued (1941-43), but in zinc. Also, their design is rotated 45 degrees so to say.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for overseas parts of the kingdom, Curaçao had a design like yours in 1948 (also a 5 cent piece). The Netherlands Antilles had the same one 1957-70, and a modified but still diamond shaped piece 1971-85. Currently the 50 cent coin (since 1989) has your design, and that will be in use until the Neth. Antilles are &quot;dissolved&quot; in October.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aruba, another overseas part of the kingdom, also has a square 50 cent coin, made since 1986. Not &quot;diamond&quot; though, and with a modern design. Between 1995 and 2005, the Aruban 5 florin coin also had that square shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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