Netherlands 25 cents 1904 - Wilhelmina

The coin's story

This 25 cents coin in 640 thousandths silver belongs to the series struck from 1898 to 1906 in the name of Queen Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina became queen in November 1890, on the death of her father William III, 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 is the work of the sculptor Pier Pander, author of the queen's official portrait at her inauguration. The reverse shows the value and the date within a wreath of oak leaves. The 1904 date was struck in 1,600,000 pieces at the Utrecht Mint, under the mintmaster Hugo Laurens Adriaan van den Wall Bake.