The Dutch Ministry of Finance issued a new commemorative euro coin in April 2009. As the designer of this coin I was invited by the Dutch Coin House (Het Nederlandsche Muntenhuis) to present my design, prior to the official presentation. On the 5th of April US president Barack Obama received the coin from Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.

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15. De Halve Maen - Robert Juet, 2 Oktober 1609:
“It is on that side of the Riuer that is called Manna-hata”
“on the other side of the riuer, where we saw a very good piece of ground: and hard by there was a
Cliffe, that looked of the colour of a white greene, as though it were either Copper, or Silver Myne:
and I thinke it to be one of them, by the Trees that grow vpon it. For they be all burned, and the other
places are greene as grasse, it is on that side of the Riuer that is called Manna-hata. There we saw
no people to trouble vs: and rode quietly all night; but had much wind and raine.”
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20. Wildlife Conservation Society
The Manna-Hatta Project
Eric W. Sanderson, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Living Landscapes Program
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