5 cents (World War II Dutch coin)

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5 cents
Netherlands
Value5 Dutch cents
Mass2.6 g
Diameter18 mm
EdgePlain
Composition100% Zn
Years of minting1941-1943
Obverse
DesignTwo Saksan horseheads under a shining sun, in a square.
Lettering:
NEDERLAND
Reverse
DesignDenomination, nine waves, and grain.
Lettering
5c 1941

The zinc 5-cent coin was minted in the Netherlands between 1941 and 1943 during World War II.[1] It was worth 1/20, or .05, of the guilder, and designed by Nico de Haas, a Dutch national-socialist.

Mintage

Year Mintage Notes
1941 32,200,000
1942 11,800,000
1943 7,000,000

[2]

References

Preceded by
Square stuiver
1913–1941
World War II

1941–1943
Succeeded by
Wilhelmina
5th portrait

1948