Netherlands 25 cents 1941 - Queen Wilhelmina

The coin's story

This 25 cents coin in 640 thousandths silver belongs to the last series in the name of Queen Wilhelmina, struck from 1926 to 1945. Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948, came to the throne at the age of ten on the death of her father William III, under the regency of her mother Emma until 1898. The portrait was designed by Johannes Cornelis Wienecke, chief engraver of the Utrecht Mint. During the Second World War, from 1941 to 1945, the Dutch government in exile also had this type struck in the United States, at Philadelphia (P), Denver (D) and San Francisco (S). The 1941 date was struck in 40,000,000 pieces at the Utrecht Mint. The coin was demonetised on 15 August 1950.