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2 Euros Pattern
| Issuer | Netherlands Antilles |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Diameter | 25.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bimetallic coin featuring the right-facing draped bust of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in the nordic gold center, her hair elaborately styled and adorned. The legend AUTONOOM appears in the upper field of the center, while the commemorative dates 1954-2004 are inscribed in the lower field below the effigy. The surrounding nickel ring bears the circular legend NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN, flanked by twelve five-pointed stars in the Euro coinage tradition. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Netherlands Antilles never adopted the euro — this is a pattern strike, almost certainly produced by or for a private mint testing bimetallic planchet specifications rather than issued under any official monetary authority. The territory used the Netherlands Antillean guilder until its dissolution in 2010, when the islands were reorganized into separate constituent countries and special municipalities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The nordic gold and nickel ring combination mirrors the eurozone standard exactly, suggesting this piece was struck as a technical or commercial demonstration.