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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1204130, member: 12789&quot;]I have collected young head Wilhelmina coinage for quite a few years - she was a long ruling monarch of The Netherlands who had numerous portraits on her coinage during her reign.&nbsp; When this medal came up for auction recently I knew I had to have it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/misccoins/netherlandsmedalwilhelmina.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This medal was created as a prize medal, in bronze, silver and gold and was meant to be engraved and awarded in 1892.&nbsp; It is a large 77 millimetre sized bronze medal that has fantastic detail with a good high relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the portrait because of the similarity in the portrait with that used on the coinage in the early and mid 1890&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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