2010 Holland €5 Coin Issue "Max Havelaar"

• Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
• Denomination: €5
• Quality: Proof/UNC
• Issue limit: 15,000/NA pcs.
• Alloy: 92.5% Sterling Silver/Silver-plated base metal
• Diameter: 33/29 mm
• Weight: 15.5/10.5 grams (1/2 oz.)
• Design: Eelco Brand
• Proof version in printed blister pack
• UNC version in plastic baggie

Additional Information

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This issue celebrates 150 years since the publication of the novel "Max Havelaar".

Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company, is a culturally and socially significant 1860 novel by Multatuli (the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker). The novel was to play a key role in shaping and modifying Dutch colonial policy in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th and early 20th century. In the novel, the protagonist, Max Havelaar, tries to battle against a corrupt government system in Java, which was a Dutch colony at the time.

Please note that the proof version sold out from the Dutch Mint shortly after issue.