Catalogue
Modern World Coins
Machine-struck national coinage from the nineteenth century onwards.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Eight Mariengroschen, emergency coin from Minden, struck during the siege by Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1634
Eight groschen. Rectangular emergency coin. Obverse: within a circular punch: inscription. Reverse: within a circular punch: inscription; to the left: countermark: city coat of arms: two crossed keys blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-289; its record gives material recorded as silver (me…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Eight soles from Bolivia, 1843
1843
Silver coin struck on a rough blank. Obverse: laureate head of Bolívar facing right. Reverse: standing tree in a landscape, above which six stars, with a llama beneath the tree to the left and right. Year at the bottom. To the left thereof, mint mark: "Potosi" and value indication: "8 S.". Milled edge. The Rijksmuse…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Eighteen francs and forty centimes, emergency coin from Zara, during the siege by the Austrians, struck by the French to a weight of four ounces
1813
Eighteen francs and 40 centimes. Obverse: in diamond-shaped stamp: crowned eagle with thunderbolts in talons between inscriptions. Reverse: in rectangular stamp: top: weight indication; bottom: value indication; on the edge three marks: MF, SP and SB. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-545; its…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Eighteen stuivers, emergency coin from Brussels, cut off by Spanish troops
1580-01-01 - 1580-06-04
Eighteen stuivers; uniface silver lozenge-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: a circular punch: coat of arms beneath denomination, between numerals 8 and 0 within circumscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-180; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Eighty kreuzer, emergency coin from Strasbourg, struck during the siege by John George, Elector of Brandenburg
1592
Single-sided, diamond-shaped silver emergency coin. Obverse: three coats of arms between year above numeral 80 within a foliate wreath. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-206; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements h…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Electoral Palatinate, Germany, Zollpfennig, 1766
1766
Copper coin. Obverse: between two branches, crowned coat of arms. Legend: Chur Pfalz. Reverse: within Baroque decoration in three lines, value indication: 1 Zoll Pfennig. Year below. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1188; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striki…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Electoral Palatinate, Johann Wilhelm von Neuburg, 1/8 Sterbethaler, 1716
1716
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of the sovereign facing right. Reverse: seven-line inscription. Year in the last line. Cable border. Struck on the occasion of the death of the sovereign. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1193A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique st…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Electoral Palatinate, Johann Wilhelm von Neuburg, Taler, 1711
1711
Silver coin. Obverse: head of the prince to the right. Reverse: double-headed eagle with two oval coats of arms surmounted by one crown on its breast. Date at the end of the legend. Edge lettering: NACH BURGUNDISCHEN FUES. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1195A; its record gives material rec…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Electorate of Hesse-Kassel, Wilhelm II with Friedrich Wilhelm as regent, 1/6 Thaler, 1844
1844
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms encircled by an order of chivalry. Reverse: indication of value in three lines, with date below. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0685A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (Cleveland Museum of Art 1916.977)
1838–1916
With a green tint betraying its copper content, this coin is an electrotype replica created more than a century ago. It precisely replicates the form of a 2nd-century BC original. Retaining the basic scheme of Athena and owl from earlier Athenian coinage, these “New Style” tetradrachms—as scholars call them—give the…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Emergency coin of four skilling, Frederick VI, King of Denmark
1815
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms. Reverse: inscription within circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-558; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 4.82 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Emergency coin of one skilling, Frederick VI, King of Denmark
1813
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-550; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 4.82 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Emperor Charles V, Duke of Brabant, groot, 1509
1509
Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms. Reverse: long decorated cross, in the center a star, in the angles alternating a lily and a lion. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2154; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Annam, sapeka, Nguyen phuoc-anh, 1801-1820
1801 - in or after c. 1820
Tin coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: two Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4120; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diamete…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Annam, tsjien or donga, rebel Nguyen Van-toan, 1792-1801
1792 - in of na ca. 1801
Copper coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4116; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 1.27 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Japan, bun sen of 1 mon
1662 - 1672
Copper coin. Obverse: within a wide smooth rim around a central square hole, four characters placed crosswise meaning: kanei tsuho [= Kanei period]. Reverse: within a wide smooth rim, character at the top. [ bun = cast from the Buddha statue that was partially destroyed in an earthquake in 1662]. The Rijksmuseum, Am…
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![Empire of Japan, Meiji era, yen, regnal year 3 [= 1870]](/__l5e/assets-v1/8e674d0c-4a1f-47f3-b250-4f231d4619f7/rk-kog-mp-1-4313-keizerrijk-japan-meiji-tijdperk-yen-regerings.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Japan, Meiji era, yen, regnal year 3 [= 1870]
1870
Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle a stylised dragon with value designation in lower circumscription: one, indicated by a horizontal stroke. Reverse: between two tied branches, above which symbols, within a circle a sun with rays. Milled rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4313; its rec…
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![Empire of Japan, Meiji era, yen, regnal year 7 [= 1874]](/__l5e/assets-v1/d5946096-e507-4405-8370-ecd4fb119743/rk-kog-mp-1-4320-keizerrijk-japan-meiji-tijdperk-yen-regerings.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Japan, Meiji era, yen, regnal year 7 [= 1874]
1874
Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle a stylised dragon with value designation in lower circumscription: one, indicated by a horizontal stroke. Reverse: within two tied branches, above which a symbol, value designation in two lines one below the other. Milled rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Japan, sen of 1 mon
1739 - 1868
Iron rectangular coin. Obverse: within a wide smooth rim around a central square hole, four characters placed crosswise meaning: kanei tsuho [= Kanei period]. Reverse: within a wide smooth rim, smooth surface??. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4292; its record gives material recorded as iro…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
England, George I, cartwheel penny, 1797
1719
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad rim with incuse legend, laureate bust of the king to the right. Reverse: within a broad rim with incuse legend, Britannia seated facing left on a rock in the sea, against which a shield rests, holding a trident and branch. To her left, a ship. Year in the legend at the bottom. Th…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
England, Henry VI, noble
1435 - 1443
Gold coin. Obverse: crowned monarch with sword in right hand and coat of arms in left hand, standing in a ship. Initial in legend: trefoil. Reverse: within double-lined polylobe, short richly decorated cross with letter H in the centre and crowned leopards in the angles. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
England, Victoria, model crown, 1848
1848
Gilt copper/pewter private coin. Obverse: within two tied branches the crowned head of the queen to the left. Date at the bottom. Reverse: on a hatched field a short floriate cross with a sun at its centre, in the corners four crowned coats of arms. Around it the collar of the Order of Saint George. Inscription: Mod…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC) for Bombay, India, ½ pice, 1794
1794
Copper coin. Obverse: mark of the EIC with the year below. Reverse: pair of scales with inscription in Arabic characters between the two pans: 'adl' [=just]. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3889; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwork…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC) for Bombay, India, double pice, 1791
1791
Gilt-copper coin. Obverse: mark of the EIC with the year below. Reverse: pair of scales with inscription in Arabic characters between the two pans: 'adl' [=just]. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3883; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (meta…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC), India, 1/4 anna, 1858
1858
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC surmounted by a crest, supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag. Year between coat of arms and banner. Reverse: between two tied branches, value indication in three lines: "one quarter anna", above w…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC), India, ½ anna, 1835
1835
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC surmounted by a crest, supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag. Year between coat of arms and banner. Reverse: between two tied branches, value indication in two lines: "half anna", above which valu…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC), India, ½ pice, 1853
1853
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, holding an arrow with a flag attached in their paw, surmounted by a crest. Year between the coat of arms and the banner. Reverse: denomination in two lines between two tied branches: ½ pice. Plain edge.…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
English East India Company (EIC), Madras, India, 2 pice, 1825
1825
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC surmounted by a crest, supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag. Year between coat of arms and banner. Reverse: between two tied branches, value indication in two lines: "2 pice", below which year: "…
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Suffolk County Council, Alexander Bliss, 2018-05-04 13:08:02
modern coins
English hammered silver penny
c. 1066 - 1600
The English hammered silver penny was a hand-struck coin of the Kingdom of England, traditionally bearing a royal bust and, on most issues, a cross on the reverse naming the moneyer and mint. Prior to the thirteenth century, the silver penny was virtually the only coin struck in England, and moneyers were permitted…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Epidemic on Majorca, emergency coin of thirty sous
1821
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: two stamps; diamond-shaped stamp: coat of arms of Palma de Mallorca; below in rectangular stamp: inscription. Reverse: field. Struck during an outbreak of yellow fever on the island of Majorca between 11 November and 31 December 1821, from confiscated church silver. The Rijksmuseum, A…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
1497
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: seven-headed monster. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-49; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 7.69 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Erfurt, Gustav II Adolf, ducat, 1634
1634
Gold coin. Obverse: bust of the Swedish king facing right. Reverse: crowned composite coat of arms. Year around the crown. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0287; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Escudo from Spain of Joanna and Charles (V)
1506 - 1516
Gold coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms with the cross of Jerusalem in the upper right quadrant. To the right of the coat of arms a letter S [=Seville]. Inscription: IOANNA ET KAROLVS RE. Reverse: within a quatrefoil decorated with four-leaf clovers, an equilateral short footed cross. The Rijksmuseum, Ams…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Essequibo & Demerara, King George III, 1/4 guilder, 1816
1816
Silver coin. Obverse: laureate bust of the king facing right. Reverse: between two tied branches value indication: 1/4, surmounted by a crown. Year at the bottom in legend. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5285; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique stri…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Essequibo & Demerara, King George III, stiver, 1813
1813
Copper coin. Obverse: laureate bust of the king facing right. Reverse: between two tied branches value indication in two lines: one stiver, surmounted by a crown. Year at the bottom in legend. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5282; its record gives material recorded as copper (m…
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Windrain via Wikimedia Commons
modern coins
Ethiopian Menelik II coinage
1893-1913
Ethiopian Menelik II coinage comprises machine-struck silver and copper currency introduced under Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, representing one of the earliest modern African national coinages. As early as 1875, whilst king of Shewa, Menelik had considered issuing an Ethiopian currency. Although an additional con…
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![Fals of the Ayyubids of Malik al-Zahir Ghazi, 589-613 AH [=1192-1217]](/__l5e/assets-v1/3fb0bb23-e389-45d3-aeee-fcf13856bf05/rk-kog-mp-1-3772-fels-van-de-ajoebiden-van-malik-ed-jaher-giath-589-613-ah-1192-121.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Fals of the Ayyubids of Malik al-Zahir Ghazi, 589-613 AH [=1192-1217]
1192 - 1217
Copper coin. Obverse: within an octagon, inscription in Arabic characters in two lines. Around the octagon, legend in Arabic characters. Reverse: within an octagon, inscription in Arabic characters in two lines. Around the octagon, legend in Arabic characters in two lines. Struck at Halab [=Aleppo]. The Rijksmuseum,…
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![Falus from Persia at the time of Shah Husayn, 1105–1135 [=1693–1722], from Tabriz](/__l5e/assets-v1/ce73af8c-6615-404d-88d7-dd7a32da1d20/rk-kog-mp-1-3811-falus-uit-perzie-ten-tijde-van-sjah-hoesein-1105-1135-1693-1722-ui.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Falus from Persia at the time of Shah Husayn, 1105–1135 [=1693–1722], from Tabriz
1693 - 1722
Copper coin. Obverse: peacock with fan-spread tail facing right, surrounded by ornamentation. Reverse: mint mark in Arabic script in three lines. Struck at Tabriz, reverse off-center. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3811; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique strik…
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![Fanon [=1/5 rupee] from Mahé in India of the French Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes, 1750 [?]](/__l5e/assets-v1/f35be35b-73a5-4c83-ad79-a62a4d39f56c/rk-kog-mp-1-4098-fanon-1-5-roepie-uit-mahe-in-india-van-de-franse-compagnie-perpetu.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Fanon [=1/5 rupee] from Mahé in India of the French Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes, 1750 [?]
1750
Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines. Reverse: inscription in Arabic characters in three lines, including date [?]. On the left of the middle line, Latin letter P [=Pondicherry]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4098; its record gives material recorded as sil…
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Auction house “Matthew Bullock Auctioneers”, via Invaluable
modern coins
Federal Republic of Germany 5 Deutsche Mark, silver
1951-1974
The Federal Republic of Germany 5 Deutsche Mark in silver is a circulating coin struck between 1951 and 1974, also referred to as the Fünf Deutsche Mark. It stood as the largest circulating denomination in West Germany before the currency transitioned to base metal, and it was subsequently joined by an extensive ser…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ferdinand, King of the Romans
1541
Silver commemorative coin, suspension loop broken off. Obverse: equestrian figure above date within an inscription. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with coat of arms within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-225; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), sil…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Fifteen kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians
1743
Single-sided, square emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within a leaf wreath and inscription; below coat of arms: value indication. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-488; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Fifteen pence from New South Wales, 1813
1813
Silver coin. Obverse: crown, surrounded by country designation as a legend with the year below. Reverse: value designation in two lines. Cable edge. Coin is struck on the centre plug of a peso or 8 reales. On the obverse, part of the Spanish coat of arms is still faintly visible. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds th…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Fifty stuivers of the Kingdom of Holland, 1807
1807
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right with signature GEORGE F. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between value indication 50 Ss, beneath which is the date. Below that the mint master's mark of a bee. Cable border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2189; its record gives material rec…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Fifty stuivers, emergency coin from Aire, captured by the Allies, struck by order of Marquis Guébriant
1709 - 1710
Uniface, octagonal silver emergency coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within legend and beaded rim. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-460; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.7 cm x width…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Fifty stuivers, emergency coin from Maastricht, struck during the siege
1794-10 - 1794-10-27
Emergency coin of fifty stuivers from the siege of Maastricht by the French. Manufactured from silver from the chapters of St. Servatius and Our Lady. Obverse: four stamps one above the other; rectangular stamp with date; five-pointed star; rectangular stamp with value indication and small stamp with monogram of let…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Finland, Tsar Alexander II, 5 penniä, 1866
1866
Copper coin. Obverse: monogram of Alexander II. Above it a crown with ribbon. Reverse: value indication in two lines, below which the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3682; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Finland, Tsar Alexander II, 50 penniä, 1865
1865
Silver coin. Obverse: double-headed crowned eagle with spread wings and on its breast a coat of arms of Finland encircled by an order of knighthood, and in its talons a sceptre and a crowned orb. Above the eagle a crown with ribbon. Reverse: between two tied branches, value indication in two lines, below which the y…
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