| Description : The commemorative coin is dedicated to the announcement on
the 28th of January 2013 of the change of monarch on the 30th of April 2013, the commemorative coin
designed by Pannos Goutzemisis shows a portrait of Queen Beatrix (in the foreground) and Crown Prince
Willem‐Alexander (in the background). Around the outside of the motif in a circle are the inscriptions
"WILLEM‐ALEXANDER PRINS VAN ORANJE" (Pince Willem‐Alexander of Orange) and "BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN"
(Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands), separated by a crown at the top and and by the date "28 JANUARI 2013"
(28th of January 2013) at the bottom. On the left of the date are the sails of the three‐mast clipper
Nederland the logo of the mint master Maarten Brouwer and on the right by the staff of Hermes the mint mark
of the Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht. The European stars on this coin are not ‐
as usual ‐ flat, but are embossed. |
