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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 212772, member: 2844"]Thanks for pointing that out, I thought they changed it in the 60s. </p><p>I looked it up and the nickel ones were introduced after the reign of queen Wilhelmina, 1948.</p><p>There were zinc ones during the German occupation, the silver ones were reintroduced after the war, until the introduction of the nickel ones.</p><p>So the Wilhelmina coins do have some silver content, but the value of this bracelet is mainly nostalgia or interest in royalty. I have had a few bids on a Dutch site.</p><p>Americans of Dutch descent are often interested in this type of jewellery, and I have sold coin jewellery to the Boho crowd as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the trivia about these coins, called kwartje (25c) and dubbeltje (10c), I saw that the dubbeltje was used to determine the size of the hole in the CD. Joop Sinjou, head of audio development at Philips (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), just pulled a dubbeltje out of his pocket when he was asked about the size. He later said this was the easiest part of the design process.</p><p>The CD was developed by Philips, the CD-system was a joint effort of Sony and Philips.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 212772, member: 2844"]Thanks for pointing that out, I thought they changed it in the 60s. I looked it up and the nickel ones were introduced after the reign of queen Wilhelmina, 1948. There were zinc ones during the German occupation, the silver ones were reintroduced after the war, until the introduction of the nickel ones. So the Wilhelmina coins do have some silver content, but the value of this bracelet is mainly nostalgia or interest in royalty. I have had a few bids on a Dutch site. Americans of Dutch descent are often interested in this type of jewellery, and I have sold coin jewellery to the Boho crowd as well. Among the trivia about these coins, called kwartje (25c) and dubbeltje (10c), I saw that the dubbeltje was used to determine the size of the hole in the CD. Joop Sinjou, head of audio development at Philips (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), just pulled a dubbeltje out of his pocket when he was asked about the size. He later said this was the easiest part of the design process. The CD was developed by Philips, the CD-system was a joint effort of Sony and Philips.[/QUOTE]
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