Vilma (The Hague, 31 August 1880 - Het Loo, 28 November 1962), full name in Dutch: Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria, Queen of the Netherlands. Mother of Queen Julianna of the Netherlands, grandmother of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. The era from 1890 to 2013 began with her, during which she was the female ruler of the Netherlands continuously for three generations. Her father, III. King William of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, his mother was Princess Emma of Waldeck. After the death of his brother, he became the heir to the throne at the age of four. He became queen in 1890, at the age of ten, after the death of his father, but he only came to actual power at the age of 18. She counted her reign from 1898, when she officially ascended the throne. In 1901, she married Duke Henrik of Mecklenburg. After several miscarriages and stillbirths, in 1909, her only child, Julianna, the future Queen of the Netherlands, was born. Queen Vilma's country remained neutral during the First World War. After the war, she welcomed the dethroned German emperor II. William. He went into exile in London during the German occupation. He regained his throne after the war, but only reigned for a short time. In 1948, in the 58th year of his accession to the throne and the 50th year of his actual reign, he abdicated in favor of his daughter Julianna. Retired from public life, aged 82 died in 1962.

Queen Vilma I reigned in the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. During his reign, the coinage system showed significant changes. In the 1890s, the old gold standard of 1875 was still in force. This meant that coins and banknotes were minted from gold and tied to the value of gold. In the 1920s, the world economy was in crisis, and the Netherlands was also involved. As a result of the crisis, the gold standard collapsed and the Dutch coinage system switched to fiat money. The fiat money is not tied to gold, but to the credit of the state. During the Second World War, the Netherlands was under German occupation. The German occupying authorities minted their own currency, the Reichsmark, in the Netherlands. After the war, the Netherlands returned to fiat money. Since then, the Dutch coinage system has not changed significantly.