Netherlands
| Netherlands Nederland | ||
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The Netherlands joined the eurozone in 2002, and its continued its tradition of minting collectors' coins. It does not mint many coins per year; average is 2 silver and 2 gold coins per year. The record was reached in 2006 with 6 coins minted.
Some issues are also minted in Netherlands Antillean guilder and in Aruban florin. These commemorative coins have the same subject, but a different design. They are also minted in a gold and in a silver version.
Read more about this topic: Euro Gold And Silver Commemorative Coins
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“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kow-tow before any United States pro-consul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.”
—Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (1909–1989)