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Z.A. Republic: Eighteenth Birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Z.A. Republic: Eighteenth Birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsZ.A. Republic: Eighteenth Birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Z.A. Republic: Eighteenth Birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsZ.A. Republic: Eighteenth Birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Form: Circular with attached loop. Uniface
By: Heydenrych, Joubert Street, Johannesburg
Date: 1898
Ref:  AM: 17; Hern: 42; Laidlaw: 0636;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
26.0 mmBronze8.0 gm$90
25.9 mmCopper-Nickel8.2 gm$80

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Diademed bust of Queen Wilhelmina, left. Legend on a raised band above: “WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN” and below between lilies: “Z.A.R. 31.8.98”.

Reverse: Blank except for the incused maker’s stamp: “HEYDENRYCH (in an arc) / JOUBERT ST / JOHSBURG (in an arc)”.

Notes: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) celebrated her 18th birthday on 31 August 1898. She had been Queen since the death of her father in 1890 but her mother served as regent until Wilhelmina came of age. A week after her birthday she was crowned on 6 September 1898.