10 Cent WWII (Dutch coin)

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10 Cents (Netherlands)
Value: 0.10 Dutch gulden
Mass:  ? g
Diameter: 22 mm
Thickness:  ? mm
Composition: 100% Zn
Years of Minting: 19411943
Circulation: 10 January 1942
15 September 1953
Minted in: Utrecht
Mintage: 155,400,000
Obverse
Obverse
Design: Face value, year,mint mark (right).
Two twigs.
Designer: Nico de Haas
Reverse
Reverse
Design: Country-designation. Three tulips
Designer: Nico de Haas
Edge: reeded
This article is about the zinc Dutch 10 Cent-coin struck between 1941 and 1943,during the WWII German occupation. For other Dutch 10 Cent-coins, see Dutch 10 Cent-coins.

The Dutch 10 Cent-coin struck during the World War II German occupation was a unit of currency in the Netherlands.

[edit] Design

The obverse depicts:

  • The year of mintage
  • Value ("10 / CENTS").
  • Mint mark (right of the zero) of the Utrecht mint.
  • Two twigs.

Note: the obverse desing is similar to the 25 Cent-coin.

The reverse depicts:

The edge:
Reeded.