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GOLDEN GREATS

The young girl looks expectantly to the left; she wears an inconspicuous pearl necklace; the long hair is curled over her shoulder. At first glance, she looks like a normal child, but the image is to be found on a gold coin from the Netherlands and the child is seventeen-year-old Queen Wilhelmina.

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