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Fantasy - 5 Cents - Beatrix Queen Juliana - Prince Bernhard
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard facing left in the center of the square field, with the queen's effigy placed slightly in front. The surrounding legend along the upper border reads '1945' and '5 MEI NEDERLAND 35 JAAR VRIJ', commemorating 35 years of Dutch liberation on 5 May 1945. The lower legend reads 'KONINGIN JULIANA - PRINS BERNHARD', flanked by decorative dot ornaments along each side of the square border. The date '1980' appears at the bottom, also flanked by dot motifs. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1945 5 MEI NEDERLAND 35 JAAR VRIJ KONINGIN JULIANA - PRINS BERNHARD 1980 |
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Fantasy pieces attributed to Dutch royal figures occupy a peculiar corner of the market — produced outside any official mint authority, typically by private workshops catering to collectors who wanted issues that never materialized. This piece conflates three separate figures from Dutch royal history into a single attribution, which is itself a clue to its origins: no such coin was ever authorized, struck, or proposed by the Dutch state.
Buyer beware: the "fantasy" designation here is not a grade qualifier but a categorical one. It is not a pattern, not a proof, not an essai.