| Stuiver (post World War II) ( Netherlands) | |
|---|---|
| Mass: | 3.5 g |
| Diameter: | 21 mm |
| Composition: | 95% Cu, 4% Sn, 1% Zn |
| Alignment: | coin |
| Years of Minting: | 1948–2001 |
| Circulation: | 1948– 28 January 2002 Redeemed by national bank until 1 January 2007 |
| Obverse | |
| Design: | Queen Wilhelmina (1948) Queen Juliana (1950–1980) Queen Beatrix (1982–2001) |
| Designer: | L. O. Wenckebach (1948–1980) Bruno Ninaber van Eyben (1982–2001) |
| Reverse | |
| Design: | Face value, year, privy mark (left), mint mark (right) |
| Designer: | L. O. Wenckebach (1948–1980) Bruno Ninaber van Eyben (1982–2001) |
| Edge: | plain |
The stuiver was a pre-decimal coin used in the Netherlands It was worth 16 penning or 8 duit. Twenty stuivers equalled a guilder.
It circulated until the Napoleonic Wars. After the conflict, the Netherlands decimalised its guilder into 100 cents.
After the decimalisation of Dutch currency, the name "stuiver" was preserved as a nickname for the five-cent coin until the introduction of the euro. The word can still refer to the five euro cent coin, which has almost exactly the same diameter and colour.
The English denomination name stiver (used in colonial Sri Lanka and Guyana) is derived from stuiver.
From 1660, the Dutch East India Company began to strike copper stuiver coins for local use in Sri Lanka. At first, the coins were simply stamped on both sides with their denomination but from 1783, the VOC monogram and date were added. The coins were minted at Colombo, Jaffna, Galle and Trincomalee. These coins were issued till British occupation in 1796.
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