The Two and a half cent coin was struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1818 and 1942. All coins were minted in Utrecht.
| Dimensions | cents 1877–1941 | cents 1941–1942 | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass | 4 g | 2 g | [1] |
| Diameter | 23.69 mm 23.5 mm 23 mm | 20 mm | |
| Thickness | 1.1 mm 1 mm | ? mm | |
| Metal | Bronze | Zinc |
| width= 3.5% | Monarch | width= 1% | Mint | width= 1% | Material | width= 6.5% | Obverse | width= 5% | Reverse | width= 3% | Edge | width= 3% | Minting years | width= 1% | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William III | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1877, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1890 | [2] | ||||||||
| Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver (bigger mint master mark) | Value between two bonded orange branches | Reeded with no edge lettering | 1894, 1898 | |||||||||
| Wilhelmina | Utrecht | Bronze | Crowned lion with sword and quiver (smaller 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 | 1912–1916, 1918, 1919, 1929, 1941 | |||||||||
| German occupation coin | Utrecht | Zinc | Frisian owl board | Value with four waves and two cereal ears | Smooth with no edge lettering | 1941, 1942 |