2023 Netherlands €5 Coin Issue "C.O.C. Netherlands Royal Approval 50 Years"

• Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
• Denomination: €5
• Quality: Proof/BU/UNC
• Issue limit: 3,500/12,500/50,000
• Alloy: 92.5% Sterling Silver/Silver-plated base metal
• Diameter: 33/29/29 mm
• Weight: 15.5/10.5/10.5 grams
• Design: Coen van Ham
• Proof version in blister folder
• BU version in numbered card
• UNC version in printed card

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This issue recognizes the oldest, still existing LGBTI+ organization in the world.

COC was founded in Amsterdam on December 7, 1946 as the Shakespeare Club. The organization emerged from the group of subscribers to the magazine Levensrecht (Right to Live). Appearing for the first time in March 1940, this magazine for homosexuals soon went underground at the start of the Second World War. In 1949, the Shakespeare Club was renamed the Cultuur en Onstpannings Centrum [Culture and Recreation Center], or C.O.C. for short.

On September 19, 1973, COC receives recognition by the Dutch government - also known as ‘Royal Approval’. This recognition means a lot: it stands for the government’s commitment to equal treatment for everyone.

COC is one of very few LGBTI organisations in the world that has a special consultative status with the United Nations.