Owner Comments:
Mintage: 453,696 total, of which 108,771 are the variety "pearls fixed on edge."
Weight 6.7290 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 22.5 mm.
Gold content: 0.1947 ounce.
Wilhelmina was born August 31, 1880, and became queen of the Netherlands on November 23, 1890, upon the death of her father, Willem III. The coin was designed by W. J. Schammer using an image of Wilhelmina from a photograph taken by Adolphe Zimmermans in 1891 when Wilhelmina was eleven years old.
This example's variety is "pearls fixed on edge," that is, 145 u-shaped denticles ("pearls") on the reverse side extend inward from the rim. On 1897's other variety, called "pearls free from edge," 163 circular beads on the reverse side are near the rim but are set off from the rim.
The distinction in the pearls applies only to the reverse side of the coin and not to the obverse side where all coins have "pearls free from edge."