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Name of Country Using the Euro: Netherlands Population: 15.8 million Currency used before the Euro: Guilder Date previous currency expired: January 28, 2002 In Netherlands, 1 euro =2.20371 Guilder   Other interesting facts about the Netherlands and its money: • The Netherlands is next to Luxemburg, France, and Austria. • In the 13th century, the Netherlands was the center of international trade, and that is why so many foreign coins were used around there. • There was a cardboard coin made when the city of Leiden was under attack by the Spanish army in 1574. • In 1795-1813 France ruled the Netherlands. • It became it's own kingdom in 1815. • They have a Queen named Beatrix, and all of the euro coins from the Netherlands have a picture of Queen Beatrix on the national side. See photos of Queen Beatrix and The Royal Family of the Netherlands at the official website. • The Netherlands' capital is Amsterdam, and the people speak Dutch there. • The Netherlands is surrounded by two countries participating in the euro: Belgium and Germany.    Queen Beatrix is on every euro coin from The Netherlands. To see the national sides of all the Dutch coins, click here. To learn more about The Netherlands, click here