The last guilder — Queen Beatrix’s nickel 1 gulden, struck from 1982 until the euro arrived in 2002 — is the closing chapter of a currency that ran for centuries. Designed by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben with the “GOD ZIJ MET ONS” edge inscription, it is an affordable type coin and a nostalgic bookend for Dutch sets. This entry covers its specs and the end of the gulden.
Key facts
- Specifications: 6g, 25mm, 100% nickel; edge inscribed GOD ZIJ MET ONS (“God be with us”); struck at Utrecht 1982–2001.
- Obverse: Queen Beatrix portrait; reverse: face value, year, mint and privy marks; both sides designed by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben.
- The coin circulated until euro adoption; gulden coins were redeemable at De Nederlandsche Bank until 1 January 2007.