Ano: 2012
Valor facial: 5 Euros
Diâmetro: 29 mm
Metal: CuNi Prata (banho)
Qualidade: BU
Peso: 10,5gr.
Tiragem: 15000 pçs
The Royal Dutch Mint have announced (29th February) their
first commemorative coins for 2012, and the theme for the new 5 and 10
Euro coins is friendship between nations. Commissioned by the Ministry
of Finance, the Royal Dutch Mint will strike the new commemorative gold
and silver coins with the theme “400 years of diplomatic trade relations
between the Netherlands and Turkey.” The First Strike of the coin will
take place on the 26th of March.
The first trading links between the Netherlands and Turkey stem from
the Middle Ages, when the Dutch were journeying to the Holy Land and
visited Turkey as religious pilgrims. The first Dutch ambassador,
Cornelius Haga, arrived in Istanbul in 1612 and diplomatic relations
were firmly established. Consequently, in the sixteenth century, the
Tulip which was to become synonymous with Dutch identity was exported
from Turkey to Europe. This import lead to the Tulip-mania in the
Netherlands and eventually the tulip became a national symbol.
As part of this history between the two nations, the obverse design
of both coins includes a portrait of Queen Beatrix along with a
luxuriant flowering tulip, again serving as the national symbol. On the
reverse, a closed tulip can be seen in combination with the national
emblem on the Turkish flag, as a metaphorical image of the tulip’s
native origins. The denomination of five (or ten) Euro appears just
under the stem.
