Fourpence (British coin) Victoria, designed by Joseph Boehm – the reverse is unchanged. There also exists a pattern coin, dated 1836, which bears the same obverse as the William IV issue coins, but has a different reverse, designed by William Wyon, which has the inscription instead of the words . Fourpence (British coin) The pre-decimal fourpence (4d), sometimes known as a groat (from Dutch "grootpennig" = "big penny") or fourpenny bit, was a coin worth one sixtieth of a pound sterling, or four pence. The coin was also known as a joey after the MP Joseph Hume, who spoke in favour of its
Twenty-five cent coin (Netherlands) size of the coin would be the final size, except during the German occupation of the Netherlands, when the coin was much bigger. From 1948 onwards, the coin was minted using nickel. Its last design originated from 1980, with Queen Beatrix as the monarch on its obverse. It was nicknamed the "kwartje". The nickname came from the Dutch word for a quarter (kwart), and the diminutive suffix "-je" (similar to the English "-ie"). Source Source Obverses and reverses Twenty-five cent coin (Netherlands) The twenty-five cent was a coin worth a quarter of decimal Dutch guilder. It was used from the