Modern World Coins

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Dirham of Ismail ibn Ahmad of the Samanids, 279-295 [=892-908] from Al-Shash [=Tashkent]

892 - 908

Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle, the first part of the Kalima [=profession of faith] in Arabic characters in Kufic script in three lines. Around the circle, double circular legend in Arabic characters in Kufic script. Reverse: inscription in Arabic characters in Kufic script in three lines including mint mark…

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Dirham of the Ghaznavids, 365–387 [=976–997] from Farwan [?]

976 - 997

Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle, decoration, below which in Arabic characters in Kufic script a four-line inscription, the Kalima [=profession of faith] ? Around the circle, an inscription in Arabic characters in Kufic script. Reverse: an inscription in four lines in Arabic characters in Kufic script. The Rijk…

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Doll's maundy coin

1776

This object is a small silver Maundy coin dating to 1776, from the reign of King George III. Produced in London by an unknown maker, it was created using minting techniques and measures approximately 1.2 cm in diameter. The piece is circular and struck from coin silver. Around the edge, above the profile bust of Ki…

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Dollar; first American dollar

1794

Silver coin. Obverse: head of a woman with wavy hair facing right. Date in legend at the bottom. Reverse: standing within two tied branches, eagle facing right with spread wings. As edge lettering denomination: UNIT HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5152; its record…

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Doppelgrote from the County of East Frisia of Enno I, 1488

1488

Silver coin. Obverse: harpy, below her two coats of arms facing each other. Reverse: coat of arms on long cross fleury. Double circumscription, with date in inner circumscription in partly Roman and partly Arabic numerals. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0619B; its record gives material rec…

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Double Arcot rupee for Madras in India from the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alamgir II, (1807)

1807

Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in three lines in Arabic characters, including reference to Shah Alamgir II. At top left, "frozen" year: 1172. Reverse: inscription in three lines in Arabic characters. At top right of the second line, a lotus flower. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-…

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Double commemorative taler / Gedenkdoppeltaler from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Ludwig I, 1841

1841

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: statue of J.P.F. Richter. Double circumscription, including date. Edge inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1171A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diam…

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Double donga or phan from the Empire of Annam of Nguyen-phuoc-dam with regnal name Minh Mang, 1821-1841

1821 - in of na ca. 1841

Copper coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4123; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.84 g.

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Double ducat from Saxony, Albertine Line, of Johann Georg I, 1617

1617

Gold coin. Obverse: between name indication, portrait of the Elector to the right with a sword in his right hand. Below, between date, composite coat of arms. Reverse: between name indication FRID III, portrait of Elector Friedrich III to the right with a sword in his right hand. Below, between the date 1517, compos…

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Double ducat, in the shape of an emergency coin from Magdeburg, commemorating the siege

1551 - 1641

Diamond-shaped emergency coin with a value of 2 ducats. Obverse: in a circular stamp: standing St. Maurice with banner in his left and coat of arms in his right hand between letters S and M; in the corners, clockwise: letters C, E, B and I. Reverse: in a circular stamp: standing St. Maurice with banner in his left a…

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Double duit in the name of the VOC and the city of Utrecht with the year 1790

1840 - 1843

Copper coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht supported by two lions standing on a beam, under which a garland. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which mint mark star and below which fictitious year 1790. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4914; its record gi…

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Double duit in the name of the VOC and the city of Utrecht with year 1790, 1840–1843 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, KOG-MP-1-4914C)

1840 - 1843

Copper coin. Obverse: standing on a bar, below which is a garland, crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht supported by two lions. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which is the mintmark star and below which is the fictitious year 1790. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4914…

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Double duit of the VOC in the name of the city of Utrecht with the year 1790

1840 - 1843

Copper coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht supported by two lions, standing on a bar, below which is a garland. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which is the mintmark star and below which is the fictitious year 1790. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4914…

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Double falus from Persia in the time of Fath-Ali Shah, 1212-1250 [=1798-1835] from Isfahan

1798 - 1835

Copper coin. Obverse: bovine and horse to the right, surrounded by decoration. Reverse: mint mark in Arabic characters in three lines. Struck at Isfahan. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3807; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measuremen…

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Double groot 'jongelaar' from Flanders of Philip the Bold, 1384-1404

1384 - 1404

Obverse: eagle standing on two coats of arms angled towards each other, with a rose between them. Reverse: long cross patée. Double legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2373; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.…

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Double mite from Rummen of Jan van Wezemaal, 1427–1435

1427 - 1435

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms. Reverse: short cross pattée. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2515; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 1.09 g.

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Double oord from Namur of Philip V, 1709

1709

Copper coin. Obverse: portrait of Philip V facing right. Lion beneath portrait. Reverse: crowned composite coat of arms between value indication. Year around crown. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2434; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking);…

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Double oord of the United Belgian States

1790

Copper coin. Obverse: lion with cap of liberty on a spear. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2977; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 7.53 g.

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Double real from Guatemala of King Charles IV, 1799

1799

Silver coin. Obverse: laureate head of the king facing right. Year at the bottom. Reverse: between two columns rising from the sea, bearing a scroll with inscription, crowned composite coat of arms. Mint mark: NG [=Nueva Guatemala] and value indication: 2R in legend. Decorated edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds…

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Double real from Guatemala, 1894

1894

Silver coin. Obverse: woman facing left, leaning on a column with scales in her left hand and a cornucopia in her right. In the exergue value indication. Reverse: on two tied branches two crossed broadswords and rifles. On top a scroll with text, surmounted by a bird. Fineness indication and date at the bottom. Mill…

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Double real from Honduras, 1845

1845

Copper-silver coin. Obverse: mountain range, behind which a radiant sun rises from the sea. Reverse: between value indication a flowering tree. Year at the bottom in legend. To the left of it mint mark: T [=Tegueigalpa]. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5235; its record gives ma…

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Double real from Mexico of King Philip V, 1741

1741

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms with to its right value indication: 2 and to its left letter R. Reverse: between two crowned columns rising from the sea, bearing a scroll with inscription, two interlocking globes, surmounted by a crown. Year at the bottom in legend. To the left of it mint mark:…

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Double rixdollar of 96 stivers from Sri Lanka, Ceylon, 1808

1808

Silver coin. Obverse: elephant walking to the left. In exergue, year below. Reverse: within a circle of dots, two-line value indication: 96 St. Plain edge. Struck in Ceylon. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4042; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metal…

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Double schautaler (double guldengroschen; double (locumtenens) taler) in the name of Frederick III the Wise of Saxony, appointed general stadtholder by Maximilian

1512

Double guldengroschen, locumtenenstaler. Obverse: bust of a man within a border with legend and coats of arms. Reverse: eagle with coat of arms on breast within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-73; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking)…

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Double schelling of Cornelius of Bergen, Prince-Bishop of Liège

1538 - 1544

Obverse: coat of arms within legend. Reverse: cross fleury within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-148; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 5.36 g.

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Double sol, emergency coin from Mainz (Hesse) during siege by the Allies, 1793

1793

Copper emergency coin. Obverse: within two branches, quiver for arrows surmounted by a cap of liberty. Year at the bottom. Reverse: value indication in two lines: 2 sols. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1285; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwor…

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Double stuiver from Flanders of Philip the Handsome, 1482-1506

1499 - 1500

Silver coin. Obverse: in a polyfoil crowned composite coat of arms of Burgundy. Reverse: short floriated cross, lily in the centre. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2390A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x…

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Double stuiver of Deventer, 1707

1707

Silver coin. Obverse: between value indication 2 S, Generality lion. Reverse: two-line inscription. Above it, mint master mark, and below it, date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1955; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements dia…

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Double stuiver of Kampen, 1680

1680

Silver coin. Obverse: between value indication 2 S, Generality lion. Reverse: two-line inscription, with date below. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1974A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 1.09 g.

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Double stuiver of Negapatnam for Ceylon

1695

Copper coin. Obverse: degenerated human figure (Kali). Above the left shoulder two circles diagonally above one another. Reverse: two-line inscription in Tamil. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4016A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metal…

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Double stuiver, emergency coin from Tournai besieged by the Allies, struck by order of Marshal de Surville, made from a 1655 coin

1709-07-20

Uniface emergency coin. Obverse: tower without portcullis below numeral 2 within inscription and decorative border. Reverse: blank; traces of underlying inscription visible. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-458; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwo…

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Double stuiver, emergency coin from Tournai captured by the Allies, struck by order of Marshal de Surville, made from a coin of Liège

1709-07-20

Uniface emergency coin. Obverse: tower with portcullis below numeral 2 within legend and decorative border. Reverse: blank. Traces of underlying legend visible on both sides. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-455; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalw…

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Double stuiver, emergency coin from Tournai captured by the Allies, struck by order of Marshal de Surville, made from a worn coin

1709-07-20

Uniface emergency coin. Obverse: tower with portcullis below numeral 2 within legend and decorative border. Reverse: blank; traces of underlying legend visible on both sides. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-453-A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (meta…

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Double suku of British Sumatra, Fort Marlborough, 1784

1784

Silver coin. Obverse: two-line inscription: 'Fort Marlbro', above which value indication 2 and below which year. Reverse: two-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters with value indication on the lower line: 'doewa soekoe'. Above it, value indication: 2 in Arabic numeral and below it, year in Islamic calendar in…

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Double taler (double three-emperors taler) from Bohemia of Rudolf II, with the heads of Maximilian I, Charles V and Ferdinand I, German Emperors

1590

Obverse: bust of three men with crowns within legend. Reverse: double-headed eagle with coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-481; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x weight 58.3 g.

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Double thaler from the Kingdom of Württemberg of Wilhelm I, 1840

1840

Silver coin. Obverse: head of the king facing left. Reverse: within two tied oak branches, value indications in four lines, below which the date. Reference to the coinage convention of 1838 in edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1139; its record gives material recorded as silver…

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Double thaler of the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main, 1841

1841

Silver coin. Obverse: cityscape with two cornucopias in the exergue, between which a caduceus. Reverse: within two tied oak branches, value indications in four lines, below which the date. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0788; its record gives material recorded as silver (me…

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Dreiling from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1809

1809

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the city. Reverse: value indication in two lines, below which the date. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1016A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.2 cm x weight 0.4…

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Driekantje of Curaçao, made from a Dutch guilder of 1838

1838

Triangular coin with curved base. Obverse: back of the head of King William I within inscription. Reverse: part of coat of arms [lower left]; to the left and below, indication of value within inscription; countermark: oval, incuse stamp with letter C. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-106; it…

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Drieplak of the Three Cities, 1556

1556

Billon coin. Obverse: decorated long cross, in the center the numeral 3, small roses in the angles. Date 56 in legend. Reverse: small coats of arms of the Three Cities, in the center the numeral 3. On the obverse a countermark: small coat of arms of Zwolle. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1…

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Ducat — National Museum of Romanian History

ducat is held by National Museum of Romanian History (Romania). Description supplied by the holding institution: obverse: Circular legend arranged between two beaded circles. In the center, knight in armor depicted standing in semi-profile to the right, holding a bundle of arrows in the left hand, and in the right h…

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Ducat from Austria of Emperor Franz II, 1794

1794

Gold coin. Obverse: laureate head of the ruler facing right. Below it, the letter B [=Kremnitz]. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle, with on its breast a crowned coat of arms draped with an order of chivalry with jewel, and with sword and sceptre in its talons. Year at the end of the legend. Cable edge. The Rijksm…

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Ducat from Brunswick of Heinrich II, 1558

1558

Gold coin. Obverse: bust of the sovereign facing left with collar and badge of the Golden Fleece. Date: 58 in legend. Reverse: Fortuna standing facing right within four coats of arms and the collar with badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-312; its record…

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Ducat from Denmark, Christian IV, 1645

1645

Gold coin. Obverse: standing king facing right, in his right hand a sceptre, in his left hand an orb with cross. Reverse: beneath decoration a three-line inscription, the middle line in Hebrew. Date at the bottom. Plain edge. Hole in the flan. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3087; its recor…

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Ducat from Hungary of Emperor Charles VI as King of Hungary, 1712

1712

Gold coin. Obverse: between letters K B [=Kremnitz] the crowned emperor, standing, looking to the right. On his head the imperial crown, in his right hand the sword, in his left the globus cruciger. Reverse: within a nimbus of rays the Madonna and Child, beneath which coat of arms of Hungary. Year at the top at the…

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Ducat from Saxony, Albertine Line, of Friedrich August II, 1745

1745

Gold coin. Obverse: crowned ruler on horseback with a sword in his right hand, facing right. Reverse: crowned eagle flying to the left, with a sword in its right claw and a crowned coat of arms on its breast. In exergue, date in Roman numerals. Cable edge. Flange slightly bent. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…

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Ducat from Saxony, Albertine Line, of Sophia, wife of Elector Christian I, 1616

1616

Gold coin. Obverse: crowned monogram consisting of the letters C and L on two crossed swords. Reverse: on a single line the letters I, H, and S. Above it, the All-Seeing Eye and below it, an eagle. Date at the top in legend. Cable edge. Called 'kinderdukaat' (children's ducat) because of the obverse legend. This coi…

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Ducat from the Archbishopric of Salzburg of Franz Anton von Harrach, 1725

1725

Gold coin. Obverse: decorated coat of arms, above which is a cross with the archbishop's hat. Reverse: seated bishop with mitre and crosier. Year at the end of the legend. Plain edge?. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1373; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striki…