Double Stuiver, 1758, Holland
10-Cent, 1948
10-Cent, 1950
10-Cent, 1993
Obverse 10 cent, 1942.

A dubbeltje (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʏbəlcə]) is a small former Dutch coin, originally made of silver, with a value of a tenth of a Dutch guilder. The 10-euro-cent coin is currently also called a dubbeltje in the Netherlands.

The name "dubbeltje" is the diminutive form of the Dutch word "dubbel" (Dutch for "double") because it was worth two stuivers. When the decimal system came to the Netherlands (about 1800) the 10-cent coin was named a "dubbeltje".

In Dutch slang, a dubbeltje was named a beisje, from Dutch-Yiddish beis, the value of two stuivers.

The central opening in a CD is exactly the size of a dubbeltje. Joop Sinjou, head of Philips audio products development, said that "De snelste beslissing in de ontwikkelingsfase was over de diameter van het gat in de CD. Ik legde een dubbeltje op tafel en dat werd de maat." ("The fastest decision in the development phase was about the diameter of the hole in the CD. I put a dubbeltje on the table and that was the size.")[1]

There are Dutch sayings about the dubbeltje:

Automatic translation from Dutch to English often translates "dubbeltje" as "dime".

Dimensions and weight

10-cent 1818–1828 10-cent 1848–1945 10-cent 1941–1943 10-cent 1948–2001
Mass 1.69 grams 1.4 grams 3.3 grams 1.5 grams
Diameter 18 mm 15 mm (1848–1890)
15.2 mm (1892–1897)
15 mm (1898–1945) 		22 mm 15 mm
Thickness ? mm 0.86 mm (1848–1849)
0.96 mm (1849–1890)
0.81 mm (1892–1897)
1 mm (1926–1945) 		1.5 mm 1.21 mm (1948)
1.21 mm (1950–1980)
1.26 mm (1982–2001)
Metal Silver .569 Silver .640 Zinc Nickel

Source[2][3]

Versions

Monarch Mint Material Obverse Reverse Edge Minting years
William I Utrecht and Brussels Silver Crowned W between the mint year Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value Smooth with no edge lettering 1818(U), 1819(U), 1822(U), 1823(B), 1825-1828(U and B)
William II Utrecht Silver King's bust to the left Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1848, 1849
William III Utrecht Silver King's bust to the right Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1849, 1850, 1853, 1855, 1856, 1859, 1862, 1863, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1973, 1874, 1876–1882, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1890
Wilhelmina Utrecht Silver Queen's bust to the left with loose hair Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1892
Wilhelmina Utrecht Silver Queen's bust to the left with loose hair (broader) Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1893–1897
Wilhelmina Utrecht Silver Queen's head with diadem to the left Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1898, 1901
Wilhelmina Utrecht Silver Queens' head with diadem to the left (broader) Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1903
Wilhelmina Utrecht Silver Queen's head with diadem to the left (smaller) Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1904–1906
Wilhelmina Utrecht Silver Queen's bust with stoat cloak to the left Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1910–1919, 1921, 1925
Wilhelmina Utrecht, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver Silver Queen's head to the left Value and mint year between two bonded oak branches Reeded with no edge lettering 1926-1928(U), 1930(U), 1934-1939(U), 1941(U and P), 1942(P), 1943(P), 1944(P, S and D), 1945(P)
German occupation coin Utrecht Zinc Three stylized tulips Value and mint year between two twigs Reeded with no edge lettering 1941–1943
Wilhelmina Utrecht Nickel Queen's head to the left Value and mint year under a crown Reeded with no edge lettering 1948
Juliana Utrecht Nickel Queen's head to the right Value and mint year under a crown Reeded with no edge lettering 1950, 1951, 1954–1980
Beatrix Utrecht Nickel Half Queen's head to the left Value with rectangular planes Reeded with no edge lettering 1982–2001
Discontinued due to introduction of the euro.

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References

  1. ^ "Philips geëerd voor uitvinding compact disc (Philips honored for inventing the compact disc)". Trouw (in Dutch). 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  2. ^ "numista.com". Numista. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  3. ^ "numista.com". Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. ^ "nomisma.nl". Retrieved 2014-05-17.


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