Item number: A1804

Year: AD 1929

Material: Silver

Size: 38.0 x 38.0 x 2.5 mm

Weight: 24.95 g

Manufactured by: Royal Dutch Mint

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2014

This is a 2½-guilder silver coin issued by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in AD 1929.

The obverse of the coin features a left-facing portrait of Queen Wilhelmina, the reigning monarch of the Netherlands at the time. Below the portrait is a decorative five-petalled flower. The design is encircled by a beaded border, along with the Latin-inscribed title “WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN” (Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands).

The reverse of the coin features the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of a crowned shield adorned with a rampant lion. On either side of the shield, the denomination is marked as “2½ G” (2½ Dutch guilders). Below the shield, a seahorse and a sceptre motif represent the mintmaster Copius Hoitsema and the hallmark of the Royal Dutch Mint, respectively. The issuance year, “1929,” is inscribed at the bottom. Surrounding the design is the inscription “MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN,” meaning “Currency of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.”

The edge of the coin is inscribed with “★ GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS”, a phrase meaning “God be with us.” This motto originates from the Eighty Years’ War, during which it served as a rallying cry for Dutch independence. To this day, the same inscription continues to appear on the edge of the 2-euro coins issued by the Netherlands.

Queen Wilhelmina was the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, ruling for 57 years from AD 1890 to AD 1948. During her reign, she witnessed the dramatic transformations of the Netherlands and Europe in the 20th century.

During World War I, under her leadership, the Netherlands maintained its neutrality and avoided direct involvement in the conflict. However, in AD 1940, during World War II, Nazi Germany violated Dutch neutrality and invaded the country. Forced into exile, Queen Wilhelmina relocated with her family to the United Kingdom, where she established a government-in-exile. She regularly addressed the Dutch people through radio broadcasts, offering them hope and resistance against Nazi occupation. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously praised her as “the only real man in the Dutch government.”

物件編號: A1804

年代: 公元 1929 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 38.0 x 38.0 x 2.5 mm

重量: 24.95 g

製造地: 荷蘭皇家鑄幣廠

來源: 大城郵幣社 2014

這是一枚公元1929年，荷蘭王國發行的面額2½ 荷蘭盾銀幣。

錢幣正面是時任荷蘭統治者的威廉明娜女王左側肖像，肖像下緣有一枚五瓣花花飾。錢幣周圍有一道珠圈和拉丁文標示的頭銜「WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN」(荷蘭女王威廉明娜)。

錢幣背面是荷蘭王國國徽，一面頂著皇冠以雄獅裝飾的盾牌。國徽左右兩側標示錢幣面額為「2½ G」(2½ 荷蘭盾)，盾牌下緣左右兩側的海馬跟權杖圖騰，分別是監工科皮烏斯·霍伊茨馬和荷蘭皇家鑄幣廠的戳記。錢幣下緣打印發行年份「1929」，周圍的銘文「MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN」意思是「荷蘭王國流通的貨幣」。

錢幣側邊也有銘文「★ GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS」源自荷蘭爭取獨立的八十年戰爭鼓勵人心的口號「上帝與我們同在」，這句銘文至今仍打印在荷蘭發行的2歐元硬幣側邊。

威廉明娜女王是荷蘭歷史上在位期間最長的統治者，自公元1890至1948年長達57年。威廉明娜在位期間，見證荷蘭和歐洲在公元20世紀的激烈變化。第一次世界大戰期間，荷蘭在她的領導下維持中立免於戰火的波及。然而公元1940年，第二次世界大戰期間，荷蘭的中立遭到納粹德國的破壞和入侵，女王被迫攜帶家眷至英國成立流亡政府，並且不斷以廣播勉勵在納粹佔領下的荷蘭人民，時任英國首相的邱吉爾更盛讚女王為「荷蘭政府中唯一真正的男人」。