3448) The first flight between Amsterdam and Batavia Netherlands: 100th Anniversary (1924-2024): A one Euro Coin in a CoinCard features the flight in a Fokker F.VII with three crew members on 01.10.1924: Date of Coincard issue: 01.10.2024:
It is October 1st 1924. A Fokker F.VII with three crew members gets ready for a long, exciting journey.
Destination: Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia).
This flight marks the beginning of a regular connection between Amsterdam and Batavia.
The first intercontinental flight would take several weeks, also due to a engine malfunction in Bulgaria.
On November 24th, the plane arrives on the island of Java.
For this special occasion, which took place 100 years ago, the Royal Dutch Mint (RDM) has issued a unique coincard - This coincard does not only contain a medal, but also a Dutch 1 Euro Coin.
The Coin:
On the Obverse of the One Euro Coincard one can find an image of the plane that was used on this flight, which was a very modern aircraft for that time.
On the Reverse of the One Euro both the Dutch and Indonesian flag are depicted.
On the medal are the names Amsterdam and Batavia, with in the middle a mirrored silhouette of architecture in both cities.
The Reverse has the names of all the stops that were made during this impressive journey.
The intercontinental aviation has grown considerably in the past 100 years:
In 1929 KLM opened a scheduled service between Amsterdam and Java with a travel time of 12 days. Today, the flight is ‘only’ 12 hours long. This makes the long journey in 1924 extra special.
The longest, direct flight we know today is the one from New York to Singapore. The duration of this flight is 18 hours and 40 minutes.
This may seem very long, but one day flights took much, much longer. The very first intercontinental flight, going from Amsterdam to Batavia (currently named Jakarta) took weeks.
The Fokker F.VII left on October 1st 1924 from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and arrived on November 24th in Batavia on the island Java.
This remarkable event occurred 100 years ago in 2024, which is why the Royal Dutch Mint is launching a special Medal in Coincard with a Dutch 1 Euro Coin.
The start of a scheduled service between Amsterdam and Batavia
This long flight in 1924, with the Fokker F.VII, marked the start of a regular connection between Amsterdam and Batavia.
The long travel time of many weeks was partly caused by engine failure that happened somewhere in Bulgaria: the repair took almost a month.
Where the first flight only had 3 members on board, KLM opened a scheduled service for everyone five years later, in 1930. The travel time was shortened from weeks to 12 days. Fortunately, the flights no longer take so long: today you can travel from Amsterdam to Jakarta in 12 hours.
The specifications of this coin are:
Country: Netherlands; Composition: Cu/Ni; Weight: 9.33 grams; Diameter/Size: 30.00 mm; Coin Quality: Brilliant Uncir.culated (BU); Mintage: TBD (To be decided); Edge: Smooth; Minted by: Royal Dutch Mint (RDM).
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