One cent coin (Netherlands)

The one-cent coin was a coin struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1817 and 1980. The coin was worth 1 cent or 1⁄100 of a Dutch guilder.

Reverse and obverse 1-cent coin 1948 and 1952.

Dimensions and weight

Specifications	1 cent 1817–1877	1 cent 1877–1941	1 cent 1941–1944	1 cent 1948–1980	Refs
Gram	3.85 g (1817–1837) 3.9 g (1860–1877)	2.5 g (1877–1901) 2.6 g (1913–1941)	2 g	1.9 g (1948) 2 mm (1950–1980)	[1]
Diameter	22 mm	19 mm	17 mm	17.1 mm
Thickness	1 mm	1 mm	1.5 mm	1.2 mm (1948) 1.3 mm (1950–1980)
Metal	Copper	Bronze	Zinc	Bronze

Versions

Monarch	Mint	Material	Obverse	Reverse	Edge	Minting years	Refs
William I	Utrecht and Brussels	Copper	Crowned W between the mint year	Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value	Smooth with no edge lettering	1817–1819(U) 1821–1824(U and B) 1826–1828(U and B) 1830(U) 1831(U) 1837(U)	[2]
William III	Utrecht	Copper	Crowned W between the mint year	Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value	Smooth with no edge lettering	1860–1864 1870 1873 1875–1877
William III	Utrecht	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver	Value between two bonded orange branches	Reeded with no edge lettering	1877 1878 1880–1884
Wilhelmina	Utrecht	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver	Value between two bonded orange branches	Reeded with no edge lettering	1892 1896–1901
Wilhelmina	Utrecht	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver (smaller mint and mint master mark and lion manes longer)	Value between two bonded orange branches	Reeded with no edge lettering	1902 1904–1907
Wilhelmina	Utrecht and Philadelphia	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver (different crown and bigger lettering)	Value between two bonded orange branches (different orange branches and bigger lettering)	Reeded with no edge lettering	1913–1922(U) 1924–1931(U) 1937–1941(U) 1942(P) 1943(P)
German occupation coin[n 1]	Utrecht	Zinc	Strait cross with ribbon displaying ‘Nederland’	Value with four waves and a cereal ear	Reeded with no edge lettering	1941–1944
Wilhelmina	Utrecht	Bronze	Queens head to the left	Value	Smooth with no edge lettering	1948
Juliana	Utrecht	Bronze	Queens head to the right	Value	Smooth with no edge lettering	1950–1980

Gallery

Obverse and reverse of 1-cent coin 1941 and 1943

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  Obverse 1-cent 1941.
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  Reverse 1-cent 1941.
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  Obverse 1-cent 1943.
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  Reverse 1-cent 1943.

Notes

1. The 1 cent coin made in the Netherlands during World War II was made of zinc, and worth 1⁄100, or 0.01, of the Dutch guilder. It was designed by Nico de Haas, a Dutch national-socialist. The respective mintage was of 31,800,000 (1941), 241,000,000 (1942), 71,000,000 (1943), and 29,600,000 (1944).