t the Heritage Auctions Europe sale from 13–18 May, the key item was a 25c of 1891 from the reign of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1890–1948); one of only two examples struck for that year (lot 358). On the obverse, there was a left-facing portrait of Queen Wilhelmina at the age of ten with a pearl necklace and loose hair. On the reverse, there was a wreath of two oak branches tied together, which contained the value indication, mint master’s mark (a halberd for HLA van den Wall Bake) and mint mark (the staff of Mercury for the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht). After the crown passed to Queen Wilhelmina on 23 November 1890, an order was passed to the Board of the Mint to propose a new design for the coinage on 29 November. Sculptor and medallist Ludwig Jünger (1856-1906) produced a plaster model
