Hans Peters is the first top prize winner of

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(the

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version of ''

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''). He won on 6 January 2001. Because the

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wasn't used yet, he won NLG 1,000,000 instead of €1,000,000. The question that won him NLG 1,000,000 was, translated from

: "Who designed the last series of the Dutch Gulden coins, as well as the Dutch side of the

coins?", with these choices: Luk Luycks, Bruno N. van Eyben,

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and

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. The correct answer was Bruno N. van Eyben.

References

External links

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTROReumAQ Clip of Hans Peters winning NLG 1,000,000 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Contestants on Dutch game shows {{Netherlands-bio-stub