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>>19155181
That's our national symbol used on many pre euro currency. It dates back 1000 years. I'm trying to pinpoint the exact origin of this specific design but it's hard. Apparently it was first used during crusades and then adopted by dukeship Nassau, who became influential in Dutch history for the past 500 years. It was also used as a national flag during the Batavian Republic, a revolutionary time where patriots used this symbol to do away with authoritarian aristocrats. Sort of like the Gadsden flag. The basis of our current constitution was founded by them, and was eventually adopted by our first king Willem van Oranje-Nassau when the French retreated, which is when our modern currency was introduced, with that lion on one side and the monarch on the other side. Which, coincidentally, is the family shield of the Nassau bloodline. It's funny because everyone was at war at the time and we sort of founded our own constitution without bloodshed and kept our sovereignty when the Russians defeated the French. It lasted when we became part of the Eurozone, and it's time for another revolution.