Regarding Bob Greene’s March 16 column about the inevitability of dollar coins in the U.S.: Having traveled quite extensively over the past year and having always been interested in coins, I … ...

The Dutch 2.5-guilder coin has magnetic properties that allow it to be spun with a precise frequency on a ... Coins in vacuo spun on average for 12.5 s; coins in air spun on average for 10. ...

So for me, my very treasured 2½ guilder coin has three qualites - humour, sadness and courage. To my unknown Dutchman, I say Thank you.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The Dutch government is trying to collect some of the billions of old guilder coins from before the euro era. Officials say that about 3.5 billion coins ...

Coins come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents, and 1, 2½ and 5 guilder pieces. Banknotes come in denominations of 10, 25, 50 and 100 guilders, all of which feature a unique bird of the ...

The coin dates back to the 14th Century when Dutch provinces first minted their own versions of the Florence coinage, the florin, which had by then spread to northern Europe, and called them guilders.

The defunct guilder coins will be gathered in and stored by the Dutch Central Bank. They will eventually be melted down and the nickel will be sold. The attitude to the demise of the 776-year-old ...