Queen Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria) has ruled Tulip Country for 58 years. Her reign fell on the end of the XIX and the first half of the XX century - not the easiest time for European states. Surely he would have ruled longer, until his death in 1962, if he had not renounced in 1948 in favor of his daughter Julianna.
It so happened that her three older brothers, who, in turn by inheritance, were to take the throne after the death of their father, King Willem III, were no longer alive by the time of his death in 1890.
So at the age of 10, Wilhelmina became queen. Monarchs who ascended the throne at such an early age, and ruled for so long, invariably leave a significant mark on the coins of their state, since as they grow older, the portrait on the coins also changes.
So, in 1892, the first coins with the profile of 10-year-old Wilhelmina were issued: 10, 25 cents and 1 guilder.
KM # 116, 10 cents 1893, silver 0.640, 2 million exes, years 1892-1897
At the same time, the bronze trifle ½, 1 and 2- ½ cents, which did not have any distinctive features of the ruler (monogram, throne name or profile), continued to be minted in the same form as under Willem III, until the end of the 19th century.
KM # 109 , ½ cents 1878, bronze, 4 MMex. production years 1878-1901
KM # 107, 1 cent 1878, bronze, 53.9 MMex, years 1877-1900
KM # 108, 2 ½ cent 1883, bronze, 400 thousand copies, production years 1877-1898
In 1898, a line of silver coins was issued with a new portrait of the Queen, who came of age.
This type of portrait did not change with coinage until 1910.
KM # 135, 10 cents 1903, silver 0.640, 6 M ex, single year of manufacture
KM # 136, 10 cents 1906, silver 0.640, 4 M ex. years 1904-1906
KM # 120, 25 cents 1905, silver 0.640, 1.2 million ex. years 1898-1906
Also during this period there was a change in the design of small bronze coins.
KM # 133 , ½ cent 1906, bronze, 10 MMex. years 1903,1906
1 cent coins in 1901 were issued in two variants with 15 and with 10 coats of arms across the field around the lion on the obverse and different spellings of the state name KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN and KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN.
KM # 130 , 1 cent 1901, bronze, 10 M ex, single year of manufacture
KM # 131 , 1 cent 1901, bronze, 10 M ex, single year of manufacture
KM # 132 , 1 cent 1905, bronze, 9 M ex. years 1902-1907
KM # 134, 2 ½ cent 1903, bronze, 4 MMex. production years 1903-1906
In 1907, a copper-nickel patch was added to the line of coins, which withstood 3 years of production.
KM # 137, 5 cents 1908, copper-nickel alloy, 5.4 million equivalent, years 1907-1909
In 1910, the Queen turned 30 years old. And again a new portrait.
KM # 145, 10 cents 1918, silver 0.640, 20 million ex. years 1910-1925
KM # 146, 25 cents 1918, silver 0.640, 6 million exes, years 1910-1925
KM # 148, 1 guilder 1914, silver 0.945, 20 million ex. years 1910-1917
A new type of coin from ½ to 5 cents of the 1909-1913 model continues to be produced until 1940.
KM # 138 , ½ cents 1936, bronze, 5 million exes, years 1909-1940
KM # 152, 1 cent 1919, bronze, 6 M equivalent, years 1913-1941
KM # 150, 2 ½ cent 1916, bronze, 8 million copies, years 1912-1941
KM # 153, 5 cents 1914, copper-nickel alloy, 7.4 million equivalent, years 1913-1940
On silver coins in 1921, the portrait of 40-year-old Wilhelmina is updated.
KM # 163, 10 cents 1941, silver 0.640, 43 million copies, production years 1926-1945
KM # 164, 25 cents 1941, silver 0.640, 40 million copies, years 1926-1945
KM # 160, ½ guilders 1922, silver 0.720, 11.2 million exes, years of manufacture 1921-1930
KM # 161, 1 gulden 1928, silver 0.720, 6.2 M ex. years 1922-1940
KM # 165, 2 ½ guilders 1930, silver 0.720, 11.6 MMex. years of production 1929-1940
In May 1940, the Netherlands was occupied by Germany. Queen in immigration. The issue of coins with her portrait is suspended. However, in 1941, coins of 10 and 25 cents, when Wilhelmina had already left the country, still came out with her portrait .
After the war, Wilhelmina returns to the country.
In 1948, the last issue of coins took place, where she is depicted as the ruling monarch.
In the same year, her daughter Julianna became Queen of the Netherlands.