As is the case in Finland, most Dutch shops have elected not to issue one and two cent coins starting on 1 September 2004, though the coins remain legal tender. Sums are rounded to the nearest five cents; sums ending in 1, 2, 6 or 7 cents are rounded down, and those ending in 3, 4, 8 or 9 cents are rounded up. The rounding is applied to the grand total only, while individual prices are still shown and summed up with €0.01 precision. This method is known as "Swedish rounding".
* No coins were minted that year for that denomination
** Data not available yet
*** Small quantities minted for sets only
Changes to national sides
The Commission of the European Communities issued a recommendation on 19 December 2008, a common guideline for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation. One section of this recommendation stipulates that:
Article 4. Design of the national sides:
"The national side of the euro coins intended for circulation should bear the 12 European stars that should fully surround the national design, including the year mark and the indication of the issuing Member State's name. The European stars should be depicted as on the European flag."
The first series of the Dutch euro coins did not comply with this recommendation. No efforts were made to amend these coins to make them compliant.
King Willem Alexander
Queen Beatrix abdicated on 30 April 2013, so the design of the coins was changed for her heir, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. The new coins were made to be in accordance with this recommendation.
The Royal Dutch Mint presented the new design to the public on 31 October 2013 and began releasing them into circulation in early 2014 (see [1]).
Production of the new coins commenced on 22 January 2014. The first coins were released into circulation the next day.[1]
^"Jaarverslag 2013" [Annual Report 2013] (PDF) (Portable Document File) (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt N.V. 16 May 2014: 48. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)