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Fantasy - 5 Cents - Beatrix Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven facing left, with the bust of Pieter van Vollenhoven in the foreground. The surrounding legend reads 'MARGRIET PRINSES DER NEDERLANDEN · PIETER VAN VOLLENHOVEN ·' in Latin script, running along the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Neither Beatrix nor Margriet ever appeared together on an official Dutch 5-cent piece, and Pieter van Vollenhoven — a commoner who married Princess Margriet in 1967 — held no dynastic title that would warrant coin portraiture. This is a fantasy piece, produced outside any mint authorization, exploiting the 1981 abdication of Queen Juliana and accession of Beatrix as a commercial opportunity during a period of heightened public interest in the House of Orange-Nassau.