Netherlands 1 gulden 1914

The coin's story

This silver guilder (1 gulden) in 945 thousandths silver belongs to the series struck from 1910 to 1917 in the name of Queen Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina became Queen of the Netherlands in November 1890, on the death of her father, her mother Emma acted as regent until she came of age, and she was inaugurated on 6 September 1898. She reigned until 1948. The portrait, with the hair gathered up in a bun, is the work of Johannes Cornelis Wienecke, chief engraver of the Utrecht Mint. The reverse bears the crowned arms of the Netherlands and the legend MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN (Coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The mintmaster at the time was Copius Hoitsema, in office from 1909 to 1933. The 1914 date was struck in 15,785,000 pieces.