Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2272879
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
1 gulden 1951 "ministerie van oorlog"
Year
1951
Collection / set
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
100
Reverse
MIN. VAN OORLOG
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
24 mm
Number
DO 045.5 & 1601
Details

Circulation: 40,000 The center part of the guilder always shows three strokes of spraying, and there is an unevenness on the edge. Made by NV Luxor Plastics in Amsterdam. These coins were too thin in the center and broke quickly. 300 pieces were returned broken. In 1951, when Dutch troops first had to practice abroad for NATO, the foreign exchange regulations were still very strict. Every soldier then received 5 guilders in plastic money for his purchases in the canteen. These coins could be exchanged afterwards. This has happened almost entirely, so they have become quite rare. They were used in the period 1951-1954.

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