Fantasy pieces keyed to Beatrix's April 1980 inauguration proliferated almost immediately after Juliana's abdication, produced by private mints and medal manufacturers entirely outside Dutch government authority. X-numbered references in Krause place this squarely in that unofficial category — legal to own, never legal tender, and issued purely to satisfy collector demand for coronation-adjacent material.
Fantasy pieces keyed to Beatrix's April 1980 inauguration proliferated almost immediately after Juliana's abdication, produced by private mints and medal manufacturers entirely outside Dutch government authority. X-numbered references in Krause place this squarely in that unofficial category — legal to own, never legal tender, and issued purely to satisfy collector demand for coronation-adjacent material.