• Obverse: Portrait of Queen Beatrix, inscription BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN.

• Reverse: Denomination 25 CENT and the year 1998, flanked by the Dutch royal crown.

• Composition: Nickel.

• Weight: 3.5 g.

• Diameter: 22 mm.

• Edge: Plain.

• Mint: Utrecht (Royal Dutch Mint).

Historical Insight:
25 cent coins during the late 1990s were still commonly used in daily transactions, bridging the transition period between the Dutch Gulden and the euro. This coin exemplifies the continuity of Dutch coinage traditions while preparing for the European currency shift.

Collecting Note:
Although a circulating coin of modest value, it holds interest for collectors due to its place in the final years of the Dutch Gulden and as a representative piece of late 20th-century Netherlands coinage.