Netherlands 25 cents 1849 - William III

The coin's story

This 25 cents coin in 640 thousandths silver belongs to the series struck throughout the reign of William III, from 1849 to 1890. William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, reigned from 1849 until his death on 23 November 1890, his daughter Wilhelmina succeeded him in the Netherlands, while Luxembourg, reserved for male heirs, passed to Adolphe of Nassau. The portrait is the work of Johannes Petrus Schouberg, engraver at the Utrecht Mint, who signs I.P.S. The reverse shows the value and the date within a wreath. The 1849 date, the year of the King's accession, was struck in 1,909,567 pieces at the Utrecht Mint, it exists with a lower or slanting 9.