Two and a half cent coin (Netherlands)

The Two and a half cent coin was struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1818 and 1942. All coins were minted in Utrecht.

Dimensions	2+1⁄2 cents 1877–1941	2+1⁄2 cents 1941–1942	Refs
Mass	4 g	2 g	^[1]
Diameter	23.69 mm (1877–1898) 23.5 mm (1903–1906) 23 mm (1912–1941)	20 mm
Thickness	1.1 mm (1903–1906) 1 mm (1912–1941)	? mm
Metal	Bronze	Zinc

Monarch	Mint	Material	Obverse	Reverse	Edge	Minting years	Refs
William III	Utrecht	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver	Value between two bonded orange branches	Reeded with no edge lettering	1877, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1890	^[2]
Wilhelmina	Utrecht	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver (bigger mint master mark)	Value between two bonded orange branches	Reeded with no edge lettering	1894, 1898
Wilhelmina	Utrecht	Bronze	Crowned lion with sword and quiver (smaller mint and mint master mark)	Value between two bonded orange branches	Reeded with no edge lettering	1903–1906
Wilhelmina	Utrecht	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	1912–1916, 1918, 1919, 1929, 1941
German occupation coin	Utrecht	Zinc	Frisian owl board	Value with four waves and two cereal ears	Smooth with no edge lettering	1941, 1942

v t e Currency and coinage of the Netherlands
Institutions	De Nederlandsche Bank Royal Dutch Mint
Banknotes	Guilder Euro
Pre-decimal guilder coins	Duit Ducat Ducaton Stuiver 1948 Rijksdaalder
Decimal guilder coins	1⁄2ct 1ct 2+1⁄2ct 5ct 10ct Wilhelmina 25ct ƒ1⁄2 ƒ1 William II Wilhelmina Beatrix ƒ2+1⁄2 ƒ3 ƒ5 ƒ10 ƒ50
Euro coins	Gold and silver commemorative coins
See also	Dutch guilder God zij met ons

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