tabbs Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 The KNM (Royal Dutch Mint) will soon issue a €5 silver coin commemorating Michiel de Ruyter. He was born 400 years ago, in March 1607, and was a famous Dutch admiral. The design of that coin is not known yet, but the piece is already listed at the KNM website. There will be a "circulation" version of the silver coin which can be had at face value. (Other issues will be a silver €5 proof coin and a gold €10 proof coin, I suppose, but those will be more expensive.) Also there seem to be plans to issue a commem dedicated to the "Afsluitdijk". That dam separates the North Sea (salt water) from the Ijsselmeer (now inland waters, partly polders) and connects Friesland and North Holland. The last gate in the dam was closed in May 1932, thus 75 years ago. http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/wateroverzic...ender/index.jsp Not sure whether that will actually be a coin; the Dutch mint also makes quite a few commemorative medals. We will see. (Edit: It's official now - there are no plans to issue an "Afsluitdijk" coin.) Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hopefully T_3's better half will let him go to the PO to buy these for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 she will She also pushes him to ship those Belastingdienst-fivers, which he still has piled up here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Maybe we can make her into a coins collector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 She also pushes him to ship those Belastingdienst-fivers, which he still has piled up here... Tell her not to be so pushy. Just wait until this de Ruyter coin is issued, so those who are interested in both pieces (such as tabbs) can then get both ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Add to the booty! Add to the booty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Tell her not to be so pushy. Just wait until this de Ruyter coin is issued, so those who are interested in both pieces (such as tabbs) can then get both ... Christian That's what T_3 figured as well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Well well well. The way the motto "Onze parel - hun schrik" is put on the coin is interesting. But I cannot really say I like it ... neither the motto nor the design. We will see what the actual coin looks like. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted March 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 The "Michiel de Ruyter" coin has been / will be issued. Has been, because the pieces were apparently part of the De Ruyter Year opening ceremony in his birthplace Vlissingen yesterday. Will be, because the Vijfje can be had at Dutch post offices as from Monday. (sotto voce) Eeeeriiik ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Eeeeriiik ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yes...... I have a stack of them on my desk Who'd like to have one? I tried to get one of the 2 euro commems as well, but the local post office doesn't have them, will try another one later this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Who'd like to have one? Here, here, here. Did you get my PM? I am interested in one of those, either with or without a Belastingdienst Vijfje ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Here, here, here. Noted Did you get my PM? I am interested in one of those, either with or without a Belastingdienst Vijfje ... Yup, got it. you'll get all I can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Here are some images of the proof version. I am still underwhelmed the Dutch mint has produced much nicer coins before. But it's not as bad as I first thought. http://www.numismatico.de/files/dscn3586_846.jpg http://www.numismatico.de/files/dscn3585_171.jpg (Images: Starshop) http://nl.knm.nl/domains/knm/content/deruy..._commercial.wmv (TV commercial: Royal Dutch Mint) Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalk64 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Hey trantor 3 just how many new Presidential dollars would I have to send over to get a couple of those? Every time I check in here somebody has something new that is NOT available in Indiana!!! Hope someone still has a few extras and needs something from the states or, if nothing else, there is always PayPal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henare Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Yes...... I have a stack of them on my desk Who'd like to have one? ooh! me, please ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 ooh! me, please ... OK. I'm waiting for a delivery from the Dutch Mint, as soon as that's here, I'll start shipping them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 That shipment from the Mint will arrive on monday, the postman could not deliver todat to me because I wasn't at home and I have to sign for reception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 That shipment from the Mint will arrive on monday, the postman could not deliver todat to me because I wasn't at home and I have to sign for reception. No problemo. So the post office had the vijfje but not the ToR commem? Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 No problemo. So the post office had the vijfje but not the ToR commem? Christian nope, so I ordered a whole roll of those directly from the mint, which I can pick up tomorrow at the local post office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 which I can pick up tomorrow at the local post office Seems you did. Great! My address is the same as last time ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Gotcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I hope I counted myself amongst the chosen few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Shipping these tomorrow. Scottishmoney, please PM your address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted July 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Seems that was it - according to the latest info at http://www.knm.nl the Dutch Mint will not issue any further collector coins this year. Note that the headline "Geen tweede herdenkingsmunt in 2007" is a little misleading; apparently they use the term herdenkingsmunt (which I thought means commemorative coin) for the collector coins but not for the commemorative coins. Anyway, no more "special" coins from the Netherlands between now and at least New Year's Day ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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