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Experimental Commems from the Netherlands in the early 2000's

gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
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This 2006 Rembrandt Commem from the Netherlands is an example of one of more than a few high tech experiments that the Dutch mint was working on to make some premium coins. They see the coin in a new way, almost looking like it is etched in the design on the coin, rather than struct. The new tech was/is highly accurate and able to do things that older tech just wasn't capable of

So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 44,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 9:22AM

    Very innovative and interesting. I can’t quite decide if I like it or not. I think maybe I do.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    It lead to a number of other innovative coins - like

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • sylsyl Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭

    What is that huge Dutch coin? My wife's Dutch and thought it would be a good stocking stuffer.

  • gashmiosgashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    The photo is blown up, but it is the2008 Architecture Silver 5 Euro

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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