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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3572789, member: 39"]The royal effigy used on some modern Dutch coins I like; others I am not so fond of. Beatrix's portrait designed like a fingerprint is a nice idea but a little, hmm, too cherché.</p><p><br /></p><p>The four portraits on the other side (Beatrix on the left, Juliana at the top, Wilhelmina at the bottom, and Emma on the right) remind me of king Willem-Alexander's <a href="https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/coins/common/shared/img/nl/Netherlands_1euro_2014.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/coins/common/shared/img/nl/Netherlands_1euro_2014.jpg" rel="nofollow">portrait</a> on current coins. Interesting effect, and it works for well known people ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: The word "Vorstinnen" hints at a subtle difference between Emma and the other three. Queen Emma was not head of state but, in the 1890s, regent while her husband had died and her daughter Wilhelmina was not old enough to be queen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3572789, member: 39"]The royal effigy used on some modern Dutch coins I like; others I am not so fond of. Beatrix's portrait designed like a fingerprint is a nice idea but a little, hmm, too cherché. The four portraits on the other side (Beatrix on the left, Juliana at the top, Wilhelmina at the bottom, and Emma on the right) remind me of king Willem-Alexander's [url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/coins/common/shared/img/nl/Netherlands_1euro_2014.jpg]portrait[/url] on current coins. Interesting effect, and it works for well known people ... Side note: The word "Vorstinnen" hints at a subtle difference between Emma and the other three. Queen Emma was not head of state but, in the 1890s, regent while her husband had died and her daughter Wilhelmina was not old enough to be queen. Christian[/QUOTE]
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