Dubbeltje

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. Automatic translation from Dutch to English often translates "dubbeltje" as "dime". The central opening in a CD is exactly the size of a dubbeltje (15 mm). 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.") The same form factor with the dubbeltje-sized center was carried over on newer disc formats such as DVD and Blu-ray. There are Dutch sayings about the dubbeltje: • Dat was een dubbeltje op zijn kant (That was a dubbeltje on its edge): A narrow escape. • Voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rij/rang (willen) zitten (To (want to) sit on the first row/rank for a dubbeltje): He gets (or wants to get) more for his money than he would expect from the price paid. • Wie voor een dubbeltje geboren is, wordt nooit een kwartje (He who is born for a dubbeltje will never become a kwartje): If you're born poor, you'll never become rich. • Zo plat als een dubbeltje (As thin as a dubbeltje): Really thin/flat.

• 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

• 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. Source