Catalogue
Modern World Coins
Machine-struck national coinage from the nineteenth century onwards.
Catalogue entries (1,985)
Filter by era, country, maker or material1,009–1,056 of 1,985 entries
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gulden of the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main, 1841
1841
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned single-headed eagle. Reverse: inside two tied oak branches, indication of value in two lines, below which the year. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0789; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); me…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gulden of the Kingdom of Holland, 1810
1810
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between value indication 1. Gn., below which the year. Below that, mint master mark bee. Scalloped edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2200; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique s…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gulden of the United Belgian States, 1790
1790
Silver coin. Obverse: standing lion to the right. Date, between which is an angel's head, in the exergue. Reverse: two clasped hands emerging from clouds, holding a bundle of arrows. Value designation in the exergue. Legend: IN VNIONE SALVS. Cable rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2645;…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gulden, emergency coin from Haarlem, struck during the siege
1573-06-14
Uniface, lozenge-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners and a lozenge-shaped hole. Obverse: two stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: city coat of arms: inverted sword with two stars on either side, on point of sword a cross in cartouche between date within beaded border; inverted master's mark: globu…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gulden, emergency coin of the city of Brussels, 1584
1584
Silver square emergency coin. Obverse: four-line inscription, above which the date:.8.4. [=1584] and below which the value indication: 1 Gl. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2593A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measur…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Guldengroschen of Frederick III the Wise of Saxony
1513
Silver commemorative coin. Obverse: bust of a man within a border with circumscription and coats of arms. Reverse: eagle with coat of arms on breast within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-72; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwo…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Guldiner (thaler) of Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol
1486
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of a man with crown and sceptre between a lion with coat of arms and a helmet within a legend. Reverse: horseman holding a banner above date within a border of sixteen coats of arms. Tyrolean Guldengroschen. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-38; its record gives…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Hainaut, maille
1150 - 1200
Silver coin. Obverse: monogram of the letter H. Reverse: short cross pattée, in the angles alternating crescent and dot. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2414; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.4 cm x weight 0.52 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Hainaut, William II, 1/3 Groot
1337 - 1345
Silver coin. Obverse: rampant lion facing left. Reverse: long cross pattée, leaf decoration in the corners. Circumscription: ECO-MES-HAN-ONI. Contemporary counterfeit?. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2415; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworki…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Haiti, Alexandre Pétion, 12 Centimes or Real, 1817
1817
Silver coin. Obverse: head of the president facing left. Below, date: AN 14. Reverse: palm tree rising from a drum, behind which are banners. To the left and right of the drum, two cannons, below which is a pile of cannonballs. Below, value designation: 12 C. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Haiti, Louis Pierrot, 2 centimes, 1846
1846
Copper coin. Obverse: between value indication arrow planted in the ground, inside bundle of arrows, bearing axe and cap of liberty. At the bottom year: AN 43. Reverse: between two tied branches a star, below which value indication in two lines, below which year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this ob…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Angel: Angel Slaying a Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.171)
1526–44
During his life Henry VII had accumulated enormous wealth, and it took his son, Henry VIII, until 1542 to squander it. Henry knew the English coinage had been debased in the past and did not see why it should not be debased again, this time for his personal benefit. Full debasement began officially in 1544. The ange…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown coin of Anne, Queen of England, coin struck from the silver captured in the Battle of Vigo
1703
Obverse: bust of a woman within legend. Reverse: around an English star four crowned coats of arms within legend; edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1861; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weig…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown coin of George II, King of England, coin struck from silver captured at Lima
1746
Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath within a legend. Reverse: four crowned coats of arms; in the center: mark of distinction within a legend; edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2413; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); m…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown coin of William II, Prince of Orange-Nassau
1649
Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-816; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 13.21 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown for the Austrian Netherlands of Francis II, 1797
1797
Silver coin. Obverse: raguly cross. Crowns in the angles. Date in legend. Reverse: portrait of Francis II facing right. Letter B [=Kremnitz] beneath portrait. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2659; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwor…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown, emergency coin of Charles I, King of England, struck at Ormond from silver contributed by the residents
1643
Nearly round emergency coin. Obverse: crown above the letters C and R within a beaded border. Reverse: denomination (2 shillings, six pence), Roman numerals II and VI beneath the letters S and D within a beaded border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-301; its record gives material recorded a…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown, siege coin of James II, King of England, from November 1689
1689-11
Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath within an inscription. Reverse: crown pierced by two crossed scepters between the monogram of letters J and R; above the crown the Roman numeral XXX, below the crown the inscription "Nov." within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-381; i…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown; thirty pence, emergency coin from Newark-on-Trent, struck during the siege by Parliamentarians
1646
Lozenge-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: crown between the letters C and R above the Roman numeral XXX. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-296; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.6 cm x width 3.2 cm…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half daalder, emergency coin from Haarlem, struck during the siege
1572-12-21 - 1573-02-07
Uniface, rectangular emergency coin with chamfered corners. Obverse: three stamps above each other, and one to the right; from bottom to top: maker's mark: demi-lion; city coat of arms: inverted sword flanked by two stars, on the tip of the sword a cross; date; on the right a countermark: lion on a shield. Reverse:…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half daalder, emergency coin from Middelburg, struck during the siege
1572-12-20
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: four stamps: inscription in round beaded border; to the left and across the middle stamp: State coat of arms, to the right: city coat of arms. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-35; its record gives material recorded as silver (me…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half daalder, emergency coin from Zierikzee, struck during the siege
1576-02-28
Uniface, diamond-shaped silver emergency coin with rounded corners. Obverse: three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: States coat of arms: escutcheon within oval beaded border; city coat of arms: escutcheon in cartouche within beaded border; year in cartouche. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half duit (hybrid, 2x arms side) of the City of Utrecht
c. 1650 - c. 1800
Obverse: crowned coat of arms within beaded border. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within beaded border. Possibly a coin. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-108; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.7 cm x weight 1.31 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half écu, coin from the Principality of Orange in the name of William Henry, Prince of Orange
1651
Obverse: bust of a boy within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-845; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 13.14 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half florin of Friesland, 1601
1601
Silver coin. Obverse: nobleman with cap facing right between indication of value. Sword in right hand. Year in circumscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of Friesland on a short floriate cross. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2011; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); t…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half franc coin of Maurice, Prince of Orange-Nassau
1621
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of a man. Reverse: symmetrical ornament with four fleurs-de-lis within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-643; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 6.51 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half guilder of Friesland, 1696
1696
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the Generality between value indication. Reverse: standing Dutch Maiden with spear in right hand, bearing hat, resting left hand on an altar on which rests a Bible. In exergue, the date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2036B; its record gives ma…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Guinea: Anne (obverse); Shields and Rose (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.205)
1703
The coinage of Anne's reign remained fairly constant after the inaugural design in 1662. Before the Act of Union with Scotland (1706), the arms of England and Scotland remained separate, as shown. After the act the two arms were conjoined on one shield. The word Vigo indicates the coins were struck from gold capture…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half gulden from Brabant of Albert and Isabella, 1601
1601
Silver coin. Obverse: confronting portraits of Albert and Isabella to the right. Above them a crown and below them the date, between which is a hand, in the legend. Reverse: ragged cross tied with a ribbon. Above it a crown and below it the value designation X. Hand at the end of the legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterd…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half guldiner (half taler) of Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol
1484
Pierced. Obverse: bust of a man with crown and sceptre within legend. Reverse: equestrian with banner in hand within a border of fourteen coats of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-31; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique striking (metalwork…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half helmeted schelling of Friesland, 1599
1599
Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Friesland beneath a helmet facing directly forward with crest. Date in legend. Reverse: uncrowned coat of arms of Friesland on a long floriated cross. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2008; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half kreuzer, emergency coin of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, struck during the Napoleonic Wars
1800
Obverse: bust of Francis II with laurel wreath facing right within inscription. Reverse: crowned, double-headed eagle with sword in each of both talons and on breast a shield, encircled with collar of the Golden Fleece; on shield: numeral ½, on either side of eagle: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this objec…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half Leicester rijksdaalder coin for the province of Zeeland
1586
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of a man (Leicester) with laurel wreath within legend. Reverse: bundle of arrows surrounded by six coats of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-460; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurement…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half penny of George III, King of England
1806
Copper coin. Obverse: right-facing bust of a man with laurel wreath within an inscription. Reverse: left-facing woman with olive branch in raised right hand and trident in left hand, seated next to coat of arms; in background: ship at sea within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half peso or fifty centavos (four reales) from Chile, 1855
1855
Silver coin. Obverse: eagle looking back, flying to the left. Year at bottom. Reverse: between two tied branches, coat of arms surmounted by a plume. Value indication: 50 C. at bottom. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5333; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); t…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half plak of the Three Cities, 1561
1561
Copper-silver coin. Obverse: decorated long cross. A star in the centre. Reverse: coats of arms of the Three Cities, letter D in the centre. Date in circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1997; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking)…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.186)
1601
The design of this piece is similar to another in the collection of Elizabeth I, 1969.184. However, the initial marks denote it was struck in 1601. Elizabeth I is shown finely dressed and around her is her abbreviated title, Elizabeth by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland. On the reverse is the s…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.187)
1558–1560
This piece was produced by a new process. In about 1560 an attempt was made to introduce coins made with the French screw press. The coins are called mill money, a term derived from the use of water and horse mills used to supply power. The machinery included a rolling press, driven by the mill, a cutting punch, and…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half Real of Eight
1601
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of Holland within a legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam within a legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-544; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weig…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half real, emergency coin from Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
1811 - 1814
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: man seated on a chair facing left with a tree in front of him. Reverse: at the top, value designation: ½ on one line. Below that, place designation in four lines: Estado de Carthagena. Emergency coin, struck between 1811 and 1814. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-M…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half rijksdaalder in the name of Duke Francis of Anjou
1582
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-441; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.4 cm x weight 145 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half shilling coin of Charles II of England, ruler of the sea
1665
Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath within legend. Reverse: seated Britannia with shield, spear and laurel branch within legend; exergue: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-973; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measureme…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Sovereign: Edward VI (obverse); Crowned Royal Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.175)
1549–50
During the first coinage period, April 1547 to January 1549, debased coinage was still issued. Part of it still had the name and portrait of Henry VIII; part of it the name of Henry, but a youthful portrait; and part of it the name of Edward. The series is thus complex and some of the chronology open to doubt. In 15…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Sovereign: Edward VI (obverse); Crowned Royal Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.176)
1549–50
This Half Sovereign was struck at the Tower mint. Here the king is shown crowned, unlike a similar example also in the collection, 1969.175. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.176: Half Sovereign: Edward VI (obverse); Crowned Royal Arms, 1549–50. England, Edward VI, 1547-1553. Gold; diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). In…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Half Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.174)
1544–47
In this third coinage, a new portrait of the king appears. There is now an attempt to make the portrait lifelike, and we see the king fat and middle-aged compared to previous coinage such as 1969.170. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.174: Half Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Arms (reverse), 1544–47. Engl…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half stuiver of Deventer
1628 - 1630
Silver coin. Obverse: between value indication 1/2 S, crowned coat of arms of Deventer. Reverse: long decorated cross with the letters H, S, D, and E in the corners. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1943; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking)…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half stuiver or Frisian butken of Friesland
1590 - 1610
Billon coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of Friesland between value indication F B. Reverse: long double-lined decorated cross with a small lion in the center and the letters B, F, B, and F in the angles. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2010; its record gives material recorded as silver (…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half stuiver, emergency coin from Deventer, struck during the siege
1578
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: within a beaded circle, a crowned single-headed eagle facing left. Legend: Vrgen. Necess [small city coat of arms] Daven. 30 Oc 78. Reverse: within a beaded circle, denomination indication on one line: ½ S. Outside the beaded circle, a wreath. With countermark small city coat of arms?…
Partial type record