From the Koninklijke Nederlndse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) website:

Special euro to commemorate 60 years of peace and freedom.

May 30, 2005

On August 15, 2005 it's 60 years ago that the second world war came to an end in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. To commemorate that, an official commomrative coin of 5 euro will be issued. The coin is designed by Suzan Drummen and is issued in order of the minister of Finance.

On may 5th, 1945 The Netherlands were liberated. But only on August 15th of that same year, Japan surrendered and former Netherlnads Indies were liberated as well. That brought an official end to the second world war in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The new coin is legal tender in The Netherlands and will have a mintage of 1 million pieces. The coin will be available mid of august, at the post offices. Besides that coin, the Mint will also strike two special commemorative coins for collectors: a silver 5 euro coin and a gold 10 euro coin.

More info on the design of the coin and the date of release will come later.



This coin will be available at face value at the post office starting at the first day of issue. It will be a circulation quality coin.

The other silver coin is most probably a proof version and will cost a lot more, as well as the gold coin

Just as with some previous Dutch commemorative coins, I'm offering to help Coin People members to get this coin at face value + shipping & handling.

If you would like to have this coin, please post your name here. Total cost will be around (€ 5 + € 2), depends a bit on the accompanying promotional material I get with it and thus the weight of the package.

Due to the limited mintage and the high demand, I can not guarantee that I will be able to get enough coins for all members, so it's first in, first served. Nor can I guarantee multiple coins for interested members.

So far, the list of interested members contains:

Myself 2x
CrysTalk64
SibirskMoneta (+ EU enlargement)
Unknown
Tiffibunny*
28 plain*
ccg
Sir Sisu 2x
Tabbs
Rabone
Ray*
Henare
Kat

I've been to the post office already and have asked them to set some coins aside for me, if they arrive. They know me well there, so they'll do that.

Awesome-o!

Dutch Commems in silver seem to be the only series I collect all of.

Did you have the 2004 "EU enlargement" 5 euro already?

I have one, that was found in circulation. It's got some traces of circulation... but still is a nice silver coin

Can you save for me and send with the 10 Euro? TIA

Couldn't you ask the Dutch postal service to send some more pieces to your "home" post office? :-) If you could get one for me too, that would be great ...

Christian

Siberian Money and Tabbs ( ), consider it done

SibirskMoneta, it's a 5 euo coin, not a 10 euro coin

Tabbs, I have two post offices I can go to, one in the city I live and one in the city I work, so good chance I will get you one.

Umm, Umm, Umm..........well, perhaps it would be best if this current deal gets cleaned up first before I ask for anything else. However, iiiiiiiiiiif an extra one should ...

scroll back....

Dank je wel! As for that user name, guess I was dumb :-) Tried to log in here as "chrisild" which did not work. But instead of realizing that I should have signed up as a new user anyway, I thought something went wrong, and signed up with a different name. So now I am "tabbs", but usually I "sign" my messages ... --->

Christian

trantor_3, Let me know when those coins arrived and I will see if I can't help you out with your U.S. Type set. Have quite a few unc. coins lying around from mint and proof sets so I should be able to help you with some holes or upgrades. Looking forward to something new from the euro countries!!!

PM sent.

Crytalk64: The coin will be issued mid of August, probably August 15.

Rabone: You're added to the list

This is - or rather will be - the coin, called "Vredes Vijfje" (Peace Fiver):



Looks very promising :-) More info about it, in Dutch, can be found in the latest issue of Muntpers, the magazine of the Royal Dutch Mint:

http://nl.knm.nl/domains/knm/content/pagin...ntpers%2059.pdf
(page 2-3)
http://nl.knm.nl/domains/knm/content/pagin...ntpers%2059.pdf
(page 4-5)

Christian

Hey, I just wanted to post that.....

Thanks Christian

Ray: you're on!

From the Koninklijke Nederlndse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) website:

Design of the Peace Fiver is released

June 24 2005

Mid August a second commemorative coin will be issued by the Dutch Financial Department.

August 15 1945 is the day that Japan surrendered and that officially ended World War 2.

To celebrate 60 years of peace and freedom, an official commemorative 5 euro coin will be issued.

The cirulation version of the Peace Fiver will be availbale at the post offices starting at August 16. Besides that, the Royal Dutch Mint will also issue two collector's coins in Proof quality. A silver 5 euro coin and a gold 10 euro coin.



The design

This festive coin shines like a precious gem. Small dots shine at the obverse around Queen Beatrix, who, for the first time, is shown fully.
She is portrayed in the lofty, powerfull and happy bearing we knwo of her.

Sculpting artist Suzan Drummen is responsible for the design: "The dots suggest space, causing the coin to look a bit spherical. Queen Beatrix appears to be letteraly in that space. And space I associate with freedom".

That's kinda cool.

thanks Erik

Ooooo, I like the looks of this one! The reverse is like a disco ball!

One month left before these are issued

Yay!

indeed

Probably be my last coin purchase for quite some time, with so many of my coins going out the door.

I used to collect coins, then kids came along.

And now you collect kids?

One more week, eh?

Christian

yup, post office already has them, clerk told me...

but she wouldn't sell them.

It will be the "credit card" package again, post office didn't get any rolls

One more day ... Here is a short video that presents the new coin:

http://nl.knm.nl/domains/knm/content/animatic_99.999.mpg

Christian

that plays on our national TV

Have not seen that yet, but then again we only get one Dutch channel here (cable, Düsseldorf) anyway. By the way, will that coin not be available "loose" at all? Those coin cards sure are nice, but I think it is odd to emphasize that these are legal tender and can be used for regular payments if the card is actually the only way to get them ...

Christian

Oh, they will be available from rolls too, but our postoffice only got the ones in the cards.
At least, that's what I was told two weeks ago.

By then they already had them, but today the first one was struck....

Cool. all I understood was 'Urro'.

Ha, je moet Nederlands leren :-) Actually we already know what the lady says ... Celebrate 60 years of peace and freedom with the new Vredes Vijfje (Peace Fiver). With that coin you can pay in all of the Netherlands (that is the subtle hint about such collector coins being legal tender in the issuing member state only ) or you can of course collect it. Go to the post office, pay 5 euro for 5 euro and get the Vredes Vijfje in a free card (folder). More info at www.herdenkingsmunt.nl

And the rest is about the slightly more expensive €10 gold coin, hehe.

Erik, I would of course not mind getting the V.V. in that coin card, hint hint ...

Christian

That's the one you will be getting, Christian, as far as I know.

The last part of the movie was indeed about the much more expensive €10 coin, which costs €135 and is made of gold. What they say is that when you go to the post office to collect your 5 euro coin, you make a chance in winning a gold €10 coin worth €135.

They do not say you also have to answer a question correctly (how many dutch eruo commems have been issued so far?) and complete a sentence : "60 years of peace and freedom mean to me: ...."

Yes, I would like to know how many Dutch silver euro's have been issued so I will know how many I have missed? Hopefully this will be one country I am up to date on. Let us all know!

http://www.herdenkingsmunt.nl shows them all:

2002 : Royal Mariage Coin (02-02-2002) €10
2003 : Van Gogh €5
2004 : Royal Birth Coin €10
2004 : Europe Coin (enlargement of the EU) €5
2004 : Kingdom Coin €5
2005 : Aniversary Coin €10

2005 : Peace Fiver €5

OK, I have them

And I really like it

High resolution (1249x1260) pictures can be found here :

Obverse
Reverse
(each is almost 300 KB large)

Tomorrow or day after tomorrow I'll be heading to the post office to determine shipping cost. After that, I'll be informing you all about the cost.

Eagerly awaiting a new coin to ADOPT! Seems the silver euro's are coming a little slower this year? Either that or I am missing a bunch of issues! Also thanks for the list you posted. Do believe I am up to date but will get the coins out and double check to make sure.

You are not the only one ;-) Admittedly I would have expected a different design for that theme. But visualizing the occasion is difficult ... Anyway, the piece itself looks cool!

Oh, and I posted the two links (URLs only, no embedded pics) to a German forum. Hope that is OK with you - in case you get too much traffic coming from emuenzen.de, you know who to blame

Christian

In the design of the Peace Fiver, small dots sparkle around Queen Beatrix. Designer Suzan Drummen: "The dots suggest space which makes the coin look a bit spherical. And space is something I assiciate with freedom."


Oh, that's OK with me.

Waiting for mine to arrive!

Thanks Tantor!

Sent a whole bunch away, today so yall look at your mail box next week

Aaaah Will certainly do so ... Thank you!

Christian

Heading for the coin shop today to do a little shopping for Trantor_3 so I can return his favor and put a little something in his mailbox! Trading has brought me the utmost pleasure and helping another collector fulfill his set is a very rewarding experience. I just wish I had the opportunity to start this 30 years ago but I had to wait on the internet and computers to make it all possible. For someone who never wanted a computer in his home I have found I was never so wrong about anything in my life. The world of the computer is far greater than I could ever have imagined and it has become a very important part of my life and serves as the most important tool in my world of collecting. Would be lost without it!

It's here, it's here

Thank you, Erik, for that coin! When I saw the very first images of the design, I was admittedly not awfully overwhelmed - but this piece is a very good example of how the actual piece looks much better than the design pictures. A magnifying glass, or the images you posted earlier, can also help discover all those details

Christian

Indeed!

The same goes for the previous one, the aniversay coin, looked at it using a magnifying glass reveils a lot of details and insight in the design methods

Arrived here yesterday! I agree with Christian's comments. It does come across much better in person.

Thanks Erik!

I got mine too!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Trantor!

Wow, it kinda freaks me out.

A big thank you to Erik for getting a few Euros to me here in the Euro-less USA! By the time the dealers get them over here the average coin collector can't afford them and that is only if they manage to get them.
Erik, Your selection of goodies is on the way and do hope you enjoy what I managed to pick up. Let me know and again thanks!