Frisian owl board; a decorated facade sign on the roof construction of farms and houses in the Frisian countryside, it consists of stylized swans flanking the facade sign containing a fly hole for owls to fly freely in and out of the barn and hunt rodents within.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
NEDER
LAND (Translation: Netherlands)
Reverse description
Four waves and an ear of corn on the right.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
21/2 ct
1941
Edge
Plain
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)
Mintage
1941 - - 27 600 000 1942 - most were remelted - 200 000