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10 Euros - Willem-Alexander Stelling van Amsterdam
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN (Translation: WILLEM-ALEXANDER KING OF THE NETHERLANDS) |
| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Fort aan de Ossenmarkt in Weesp, rendered in detail against the field. Surrounding the central image, the names of the individual fortifications comprising the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam) are inscribed in a dense circular arrangement. The denomination, privy mark, and mint mark appear to the right of the central design. The year of issue and a commemorative inscription identifying the Defence Line of Amsterdam as Dutch World Heritage appear in the lower portion of the field. |
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Issued to mark the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Amsterdam's seventeenth-century canal ring, the Stelling van Amsterdam referenced here is in fact a separate designation entirely — a 135-kilometre ring of nineteenth-century water-control fortifications encircling the city, awarded World Heritage status in 1996. The Dutch were notably early adopters of the UNESCO commemorative coin program, and this gold issue was part of a broader series pairing Willem-Alexander's reign with Dutch heritage sites.
The Stelling functioned by deliberate inundation: attackers would face flooded polders precisely deep enough to impede infantry but too shallow for boats.