Country: Netherlands

Series: 1890~1948 - 4th Queen Wilhelmina
Catalog codes: Colnect codes NL-000023
World Coins km153 Variants:
Issued : 1940
Distribution: Standard Circulation
Mints: Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Composition: Copper-Nickel
Edge: Plain/smooth
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape: Rhombus
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Weight: 4.5 grams
Diameter: 21.3 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Face value: 5 c - Dutch cent
Mintage: 7,200,000
Composition Details: 75% copper, 25% nickel

Description:

Front: (value) 5ᶜ (Cents) inside chained dotted circle
between 4 shells and 4 segments with (4x5) 20 dots
legend: none
Back: Orange branch with 11 leaves inside double circle
with (state name) KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN
around (spacers/dots) • in between
wave-like design at the rim, wider at the 4 corners
legend: none