Royal Dutch Mint to get a new mintmaster (and mintmaster mark)

[Figleaf]

But wouldn't "raven" be Dutch (plural of raaf) anyway?

Not necessarily. Raven is the plural, but also the genitive of raaf, as in German (e.g. castle Rabenstein). I suspect Ravenswaay is derived from something like raven's way (Rabenweg).

Peter

[eurocoin]

Nice!  So there won't be any bridge + star circulation or commemorative coins?

It is too early to draw that conclusion.

[Globetrotter]

Looking more like a crow.

Ravens, huge black birds as you see around the Tower of London:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven
In France ravens and crows are often the same bird, ie the crow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow

I've lived in Germany and I never saw a real Raven, but plenty of crows. Is the name also mixed up in German?

[redlock]

I've lived in Germany and I never saw a real Raven, but plenty of crows. Is the name also mixed up in German?

Raven = Rabe

Crow = Krähe

[chrisild]

Yep, the names do not get mixed up, but the birds do.   Quite a few will refer to a raven/Rabe when they actually mean a crow/Krähe, probably because "Rabe" sounds better, conveys something mysterious and so on. In Germany you can find the Kolkrabe (corvus corax), but of course crows are much more common.

[eurocoin]

Nice!  So there won't be any bridge + star circulation or commemorative coins?

According to Erik J. van Loon, Royal Dutch Mint has informed him that no Dutch coin series will be minted with the mintmastermark Bridge + Star. It seems that Royal Dutch Mint will not use the opportunity to make some extra money, so I also do not expect any other products in that regard.

[eurocoin]

Royal Dutch Mint has also informed me that from 1 July 2021 up to and including 31 December 2021, there was no mintmaster. The star was added to the St. Servatius bridge mark to signify that the position of mintmaster was vacant. They wrote that that is in line with tradition, although personally I have only ever heard of the star being added for an interim mintmaster. There seems to be no precedent for this.

[Angus]

I have received the 2022 set of Dutch coins so here is the raven: