5 cents (World War II Dutch coin)

This article is about the zinc Dutch 5 cent coin struck between 1941 and 1943, during the World War II German occupation. For other Dutch 5 cent coins, see Stuiver.
5 cents
Netherlands
Value 5 Dutch cents
Mass 2.6 g
Diameter 18 mm
Edge Plain
Composition 100% Zn
Years of minting 1941-1943
Obverse
Design Two Saksan horseheads under a shining sun, in a square.
Lettering:
NEDERLAND
Reverse
Design Denomination, 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. 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

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References

Preceded by
Square stuiver
1913–1941
World War II

1941–1943
Succeeded by
Wilhelmina
5th portrait

1948


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