title: Half-cent coin (Netherlands)
text: # Half-cent coin (Netherlands)
  
  The half-cent coin was a Dutch coin used from 1818 to 1940. It was the smallest-denomination coin of the decimal Dutch guilder until its withdrawal from circulation after the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940. It was nicknamed "Halfje", similar to the Kwartje (the suffix -je is a diminutive in the Dutch language, similar to the English -ie).
  
  The coin was worth 1⁄2 cent or 1⁄200 of a Dutch guilder and its first version was minted until 1877. The second version was used until 1940. A half-cent was not used in the coinage during the German occupation and was not reinstated after the liberation of the Netherlands.
  
  ## Dimensions and weight
  
  | Dimensions | 1⁄2 cent 1818–1877 | 1⁄2 cent 1878–1940 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gram | 1.92 gram(1817-1837) 1.9 gram(1841-1847) 1.92 gram(1850-1877) | 1.25 gram |
  | Diameter | 16 mm | 14 mm |
  | Thickness | 1 mm (1841-1847) | 1.24 mm(1878-1901) 1.22 mm(1909-1940) |
  | Metal | Copper | Bronze |
  
  ## Versions
  
  | Monarch | Mint | Material | Obverse | Reverse | Edge | Minting years |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | William I | Utrecht and Brussels | Copper | Crowned W between the mint year | Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1818(U) 1819(U) 1821(U and B) 1822(U and B) 1823(B) 1824(U and B) 1826-1828(U and B) 1829(U) 1831-1833(U) 1837(U) |
  | William II | Utrecht | Copper | Crowned W between the mint year | Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1841, 1843, 1846, 1847 |
  | William III | Utrecht | Copper | Crowned W between the mint year | Crowned Dutch coat of arms between value | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1850-1855, 1857, 1859, 1861–1865, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1875–1877 |
  | William III | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1878, 1883–1886 |
  | Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1891, 1894, 1898, 1900, 1901 |
  | Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver (smaller lettering, mint and mint master mark) | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1903, 1906 |
  | Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver (different crown and bigger lettering) | Value between two bonded orange branches (different orange branches and bigger lettering) | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914–1917, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1930, 1934, 1936–1938, 1940 |
  