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5 Euros - Willem-Alexander Willemstad
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 10.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded effigy of King Willem-Alexander facing right, occupying the central field, with a stylized rendering of the Queen Emma pontoon bridge visible in the background behind the portrait. Four five-pointed stars are distributed around the upper rim. The legend WILLEM-ALEXANDER runs along the lower right border, with KONING DER NEDERLANDEN inscribed along the left border, both in raised Latin characters. The date 2023 appears at the top of the field above the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN 2023 (Translation: Willem-Alexander King of the Netherlands) |
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Willemstad, capital of Curaçao, was granted city rights by the Dutch West India Company in 1634, making it one of the oldest European-founded settlements in the Caribbean. The city's UNESCO World Heritage–listed historic district, designated in 1997, reflects over three centuries of Dutch colonial urban planning adapted to a tropical climate — a peculiarity that gives its architecture a distinctly hybrid character found nowhere else in the Kingdom.
The Dutch five-euro collector series has long used silver-plated copper for its lower-tier issues, keeping them accessible while maintaining a nominal face value redeemable within the Netherlands.