Euro banknotes share the same designs across the euro area, but every Dutch coin has a national side. Two royal series can still meet in your change: the Beatrix coins and the Willem-Alexander coins introduced in 2014.
Paper money
Euro notes follow an easy architectural colour ladder - grey €5, red €10, blue €20, orange €50, green €100 and yellow €200 - wherever you spend them in Europe.
The euro banknote theme is imagined European architecture rather than real monuments: windows and gateways move from classical to modern styles, while bridges on the reverse suggest connection. Cash by Country artwork is an original, simplified interpretation and is not legal tender.
One pocket, two reigns
The portrait changes direction
The current series places King Willem-Alexander in profile with the inscription Willem-Alexander Koning der Nederlanden. The older series names Queen Beatrix. A portrait from the previous reign is not a collectible-only token or expired money; both series circulate as legal tender.
The message lives on the edge
The notes are European, not nationally Dutch
A EUR 20 note found in Rotterdam uses the same euro design as one found in Rome or Vienna. Country identity lives mainly on the national side of the coins, so do not look for a Dutch flag or monarch on a normal euro banknote.
Use the illustration, then verify the real cash
Our original artwork teaches colour, size and value without reproducing a banknote. For a real note, use more than sight: check the raised print, watermark, security thread and hologram described by the European Central Bank.