Plaque Medal of Queen Wilhelmina visiting the Royal Dutch Mint at Utrecht in 1911

Since 1648, the Utrecht Mint had been located in the buildings of the former Sintt-Cecilia monastery. Despite repeated attempts by the city of Amsterdam to have the Mint of the Kingdom of the Netherlands moved, it remained in Utrecht, even when it was decided to design a new Mint building. It was erected in Dutch Renaissance style to plans by…

Since 1648, the Utrecht Mint had been located in the buildings of the former Sintt-Cecilia monastery. Despite repeated attempts by the city of Amsterdam to have the Mint of the Kingdom of the Netherlands moved, it remained in Utrecht, even when it was decided to design a new Mint building. It was erected in Dutch Renaissance style to plans by the state architect C.H. Peeters, at the junction of the Rhine and the Merwedekanaal. An official opening never took place. However, Queen Wilhelmina did visit the new Mint on 23 June 1911. After her visit to the workrooms, the queen struck the first golden tenner with the new imagery, after a design by J.C. Wienecke, the Rijks stamp cutter. He then also designed this plaque, representing the melting and casting of precious metal. The queen received a copy, with a coat of arms and a modified inscription on the reverse, as a memento of her visit. At the Salon of the Medal in Ghent in 1913, where this medal was purchased, the artist also exhibited a silver specimen.