The Netherlands design for euro coins
Queen Beatrix
All the national sides of the Dutch euro coins bear the likeness of Queen Beatrix. The text reads “Beatrix, Koningin der Nederlanden”, or Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands. These words are engraved vertically on the one and two euro coins, as are the symbols of the Utrecht engraving workshop and the workshop’s director. On the cent coins, the design features many scattered dots around the head of the Queen which is circled by the twelve stars of the European Union.
Born in 1938, the daughter of Juliana and Prince Consort Bernhard, Beatrix married in 1966 Claus van Amsberg, a German diplomat. She became Queen of the Netherlands on April 30th 1980 after her mother Juliana’s abdication.
Queen Beatrix is very involved in the country’s political life. She is president of the Council of State, the government’s most important political body. She is also involved in foreign affairs and as president of many associations she is also deeply engaged in the world of the arts.