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50 Euros - Willem-Alexander 50th Birthday
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt) |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned effigy of King Willem-Alexander facing slightly left, enclosed within a decorative interlaced ribbon border forming an oval frame at the centre of the coin. The legend KONING DER NEDERLANDEN arcs along the upper periphery, while WILLEM-ALEXANDER 50 jaar curves along the lower periphery, both in the field between the ribbon border and the coin's rim. The overall design, conceived by Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács, employs flowing interlaced ribbon motifs as a unifying artistic element. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Willem-Alexander turned fifty on April 27, 2017 — King's Day in the Netherlands, a date the Dutch had already been celebrating as a national holiday since his mother Beatrix set it to her own birthday in 1980. The coincidence of a reigning monarch's milestone birthday falling on the existing national celebration prompted the mint to issue this piece, one of several commemoratives tied to that year's festivities.
Dutch gold commemoratives in the post-euro era are struck in very limited quantities and sold directly through the mint at issue price, meaning almost none enter circulation.