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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1727399, member: 18320&quot;]<b>1940 Kingdom of the Netherlands Wilhelmina silver 1 Guilden</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]269110.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]269111.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~28mm; 10gm; inscribed edge: * Z IJ * MET * ONS * GOD *&nbsp; in block letters; stars are 5-pointed; near AU</p><p><br /></p><p>Wilhelmina, depicted in the 50th year of her reign and 60th of her life.&nbsp; A remarkable Monarch if only for the strength she was to offer Dutch resistance during WWII, the second global conflict of her reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>She was my mother&#039;s heroine; Mom was born in Velsen, then near (now absorbed by) Amsterdam, in 1912.&nbsp; Her entire family emigrated through Ellis Island to upstate New York in 1924.&nbsp; If I had been fortunate enough to have a sister, she would certainly been named for Queen Wilhelmina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fairly busy reverse, but the coin&#039;s condition makes it easy to discern.&nbsp; Not yellow, but bright silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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