Catalogue
Modern World Coins
Machine-struck national coinage from the nineteenth century onwards.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pendant with silver ten-guilder coin commemorating the reign jubilee of Queen Juliana
1970
Import mark, struck: ‘SGI+’ SGI+ in horizontal cross (registration no. I 60983, from 1966 to the present [Dutch responsibility marks from 1797]). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2010-2-430; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5 cm x height 6 cm x width 5 cm…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Penny from Barbados, 1788, private issue
1788
Copper, private coin. Obverse: pineapple. In inscription, indication of country and denomination with the year below. Reverse: head with frizzy hair facing left with crown, from which three feathers. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5243; its record gives material recorded as cop…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Penny of Holloway in London for Australia, 1858
1858
Copper private English coin, which circulated in Australia. Obverse: head facing left. Legend: professor Holloway with place indication at the bottom: London. Reverse: allegorical representation. In exergue year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5348; its record gives material re…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Penny of the firm Metcalff & Lloyd in Sydney for New South Wales, 1863
1863
Copper private coin. Obverse: coat of arms supported by two native animals, surmounted by radiant sun with human face and below which banner with motto. Below that year. Reverse: in seven lines company name. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5351; its record gives material recorde…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Penny of the Firm Robert Hyde & Co in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1857
1857
Copper private token coin. Obverse: in four lines company designation and address designation. Below that place designation. Reverse: in four lines company designation. Date at the bottom in inscription. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5352; its record gives material recorded as…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Penny of the firm Robinson Bros. & Co in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1862
1862
Copper private coin. Obverse: coat of arms supported by two native animals, surmounted by radiant sun with human face and below which banner with motto. Place indication and year at the top in legend. Reverse: in five lines company name and address indication. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this objec…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Penny or 2 obols from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819
1819
Copper coin. Obverse: Britannia to the left, seated on a rock against which rests a shield, holding a trident in her left hand and a branch in her right. Reverse: winged lion holding the gospel in its right paw, surrounded by a bundle of arrows. Year at the bottom. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…
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Clemchambers (photograph)
modern coins
Penny, 1933
1933
The 1933 penny is a British pre-decimal bronze coin produced under the reign of King George V. The pre-decimal penny represented one 240th of a pound sterling, or one twelfth of a shilling, and was struck by the Royal Mint. No pennies were manufactured for commercial circulation in 1933 because existing stocks and t…
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Spink Auction CSS128B (via NumisBids)
modern coins
People's Republic of China circulating coinage
from 1955
People's Republic of China circulating coinage comprises the metallic currency issued by the People's Bank of China, consisting of fen, jiao, and yuan denominations. The currency system uses the yuan as its primary base unit, with each yuan divided into 10 jiao, and each jiao further subdivided into 10 fen. While t…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Persia, Shah Abbas II, 1052-1077 AH [=1642-1666], abbasi, 1059
1649
Silver coin. Obverse: within a circle, Shia kalima [=profession of faith] in Arabic characters in three lines. Around the circle, legend in Arabic characters. Reverse: rhyming couplet in Arabic characters in two lines. Year: 59 above the second line. Below it, mint mark: Tabriz. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds thi…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Persian silver qiran (kran), Qajar period
1825–1932 (qiran currency); this entry covers Qajar silver qirans
The qiran (Persian قران, also romanised kran) was the silver currency unit of Iran from 1825 until 1932. One qiran was divided into 20 shahi or 1,000 dinars and was worth one tenth of a toman. This entry covers the silver qiran coinage struck under the Qajar dynasty, from hand-struck (hammered) pieces to the milled…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peru, King Ferdinand VII, 1/4 real, 1820
1820
Silver coin. Obverse: between mint mark: L [=Lima] and value indication: 1/4, a castle. Year at the bottom. Reverse: crowned lion rampant facing left. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5338A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking);…
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Петров Эдуард via Wikimedia Commons
modern coins
Peruvian silver sol
Republican period
The Peruvian silver sol is a silver coin denomination of the Republic of Peru, introduced during the country's decimalization and struck largely at the historic Lima mint. Authorized following the transition from the real to the sol, the denomination initially served as a key standard coin and was widely exported as…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peso from Mexico, 1932
1932
Silver coin. Obverse: between two tied branches an eagle standing on a cactus plant with spread wings with its head to the right, holding a snake in its beak. Above the eagle fineness indication: 0.720. Reverse: between two tied branches cap of liberty, from which rays emerge. Below that value indication, below whic…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peso or eight reales from Mexico (Álamos), 1884
1884
Silver coin. Obverse: between two tied branches, an eagle standing on a cactus plant with spread wings, its head turned to the right and holding a snake in its beak. Reverse: cap of liberty, radiating beams of light. In legend, value designation: 8R and mint mark: As [=Alamos] with year at lower left. Cable border.…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peso or eight reales from Mexico (Zacatecas), 1860
1860
Silver coin. Obverse: between two tied branches an eagle standing on a cactus plant with spread wings with its head to the right, holding a snake in its beak. Reverse: cap of liberty, from which rays emerge. In legend value indication: 8R and mint mark: Zs [=Zacatecas] with year at bottom left. Cable edge. The Rijks…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peso or eight reales from Peru, 1834, countermarked from Cuba
1834
Silver coin. Obverse: standing woman with spear in her right hand topped by a liberty cap, her left hand resting on an oval shield containing the inscription "Libertad" in three lines. Reverse: between two tied branches a coat of arms surmounted by a wreath. In the circumscription value indication "8 R" and year at…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peso or eight reales from the Republic of Mexico, 1862, with two sinograms countermarked on the obverse and reverse
1862 - 1900
Silver coin. Obverse: eagle standing on branches, looking back to the right. Reverse: liberty cap surrounded by rays. In lower inscription value designation: 8 R and year. Reeded edge. Two sinograms with the name of a Chinese merchant house are countermarked on the obverse and reverse as a guarantee of authenticity.…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Peso or eight reales from the Republic of Mexico, 1863, struck at Real de Catorce, with five sinograms stamped on the obverse and six on the reverse in China
1863 - 1900
Silver coin. Obverse: eagle standing on branches, looking back to the right. Reverse: cap of liberty surrounded by rays. In legend at the bottom, value indication: 8 R and date. Ribbed edge. On the obverse five and on the reverse six sinograms stating the name of a Chinese trading house, as a guarantee of authentici…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Petermenger from the Diocese of Trier of Johann Philip, 1758
1758
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned decorated coat of arms. Reverse: Saint Peter with key, standing. Year at the bottom in the legend. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0486; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pfennig from the Kingdom of Hanover of George V, 1861
1861
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned monogram, below which Roman numeral V. Reverse: indication of value in two lines, below which the year. Below that, letter B. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0610; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworkin…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pfennig, emergency coin from Kamenz, struck during the siege
1622
Obverse: eagle with spread wings. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-254; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.5 cm x weight 0.72 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Philip V, King of Spain, Duke of Brabant
1703
Obverse: bust of a man within circumscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of the Holy Spirit, flanked by two lions within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1881; its record gives material recorded as silver (meta…
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Tauler & Fau Subastas Auction 173 (via NumisBids)
modern coins
Philippines 1 Peso, United States administration
1903-1912
The Philippines 1 peso under United States administration is a silver coin issued between 1903 and 1912 for circulation in the Philippine Islands. Introduced as part of a dedicated colonial coinage rather than an extension of domestic American currency, the denomination bore legends referencing both the Philippine I…
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![Philippines, Queen Isabel II of Spain, 2 céntimos [= 1/50 real de vellón of Spain], 1859](/__l5e/assets-v1/12702e34-db7e-40c8-b3d4-2b75243998fa/rk-kog-mp-1-4333-philippijnen-koningin-isabel-ii-van-spanje-2.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Philippines, Queen Isabel II of Spain, 2 céntimos [= 1/50 real de vellón of Spain], 1859
1859
Copper coin. Obverse: within a circle a crown, below which the date. Reverse: within a circle value designation: 2 Cs. In the upper circumscription: Filipinas. Smooth rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4333; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwo…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Piastre from French Indochina, 1910
1910
Silver coin. Obverse: woman with halo of rays around her head seated on a chair facing left, holding a bundle of arrows in her right hand. To her left branches and to the right an anchor. In the exergue, the date. Reverse: between two tied branches in three lines value designation: piastre de commerce, below which l…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Piastre of the Royal Prussian Asiatic Company of Emden
1751
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of King Friedrich II of Prussia facing right. Reverse: coat of arms supported by supporters, above which a crowned eagle and below which a smaller shield with letters K, A, P, C and E in three lines, around which a motto. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-…
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![Piastre or kurush from Tunisia of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [= 1831]](/__l5e/assets-v1/514e0707-0f95-48f8-afa0-a948f5e8b374/rk-kog-mp-1-5075-piastre-of-kurush-uit-tunesie-van-de-ottomaan.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Piastre or kurush from Tunisia of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [= 1831]
1831
Billon coin. Obverse: four-line inscription in Arabic letters, on the third line the name of the sultan: Mahmud. Reverse: within a polylobe, three-line inscription in Arabic letters with mint indication: Tunis. At the bottom, year: 1246 [= 1831]. Rough edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pice for Bombay in India from the English East India Company (EIC), 1806
1806
Copper coin. Obverse: mark of the EIC with the year below. Reverse: pair of scales with inscription in Arabic characters between the two pans: 'adil' [=just]. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3893; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwor…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pie from Bengal in India of the English East India Company (EIC)
1831 - 1835
Copper coin. Obverse: in the upper two lines value designation: one pie and in the lower two lines value designation in Bengali script. Reverse: in the upper line value designation in Persian in Arabic script and in the lower line value designation: eka pai in Nagari script. After the first two characters a small cr…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Piece of eight of Charles IV, King of Spain, struck in Mexico
1795
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath facing right within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between the Pillars of Hercules, entwined with a pennant with inscription within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-ZN-115; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); t…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Piece of eight, struck in Potosí, coin from the wreck of the East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart
1700 - 1710
Worn silver coin, struck twice on an irregular flan. Obverse: Pillars of Hercules, standing in waves; between the pillars: inscription in three lines; upper line, from left to right: (not visible) mint mark P, numeral 8, (not visible) assayer's mark; middle line: Habsburg motto; bottom line from left to right: (not…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pine tree shilling from Massachusetts, 1652
1652
Silver coin. Obverse: pine tree within a circle of dots. As legend: Masathusets in. Reverse: within a circle of dots, year: 1652, beneath which is the value designation: XII [pence]. As legend: new England. An Dom. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5149; its record gives material recorded as…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Piti of Sultan Muhammad Baha'uddin of Palembang, Sumatra, AH 1193 (1779)
1779
Tin coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Arabic characters, between which the date in the Islamic calendar. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4373; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 1.5 cm x weight 0.48 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Pitis of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II of Palembang, Sumatra, AH 1219 (1804)
1798 - 1821
Tin octagonal coin. Obverse: without inscription. Reverse: smooth. In the centre, a round hole. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4383; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 1.8 cm x weight 0.73 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Pitji of Palembang, Sumatra, pitji
1769 - 1821
Coin, obverse: without legend. Reverse: plain. Round hole in the centre. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4384-A; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 1.8 cm x weight 0.44 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Pitji of the Sultanate of Kedah, part of Thailand
1821 - 1900
Pewter coin. Obverse: flower-like figuration. Reverse: not further determinable circumscription in Arabic characters. In the centre a hexagonal hole. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4145F; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 2.2 cm x w…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Plak of the Three Cities, 1556
1556
Billon coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Deventer on a long cross. Date 56 in legend. Reverse: small coats of arms of the Three Cities, in the center the numeral I. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1992; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); me…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Plate Money of Half a Daler in the Name of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
1759
Not completely rectangular, curved plate. Obverse: five stamp impressions. In each corner the obverse of a half daler with grooved edge, containing 4 x A F R S beneath a crown and inscription above 2 crossed arrows: of half daler: Silfmunt; in the centre, impression of reverse of half daler: inscription. Reverse: la…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Poland, Tsar Nicholas I, 1½ Rouble or 10 Złotych, 1836
1836
Silver coin. Obverse: head of the monarch facing right. Value designations and date as legend. Reverse: in the centre within a circle the head of the empress facing right, surrounded by the heads of her four sons and three daughters. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3675; its re…
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DJM (talk) 20:16, 3 May 2010 (UTC) via Wikimedia Commons
modern coins
Polish zloty coinage of the 1924 reform
Interwar
The Polish złoty coinage of the 1924 reform is the interwar metallic currency introduced to replace the hyperinflated Polish marka following financial stabilization measures led by Minister of Finance Władysław Grabski. Although designated on 28 February 1919 to supersede the interim marka, the new currency entered…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Poltura, emergency coin from Leopoldstadt, struck by the insurgents in Hungary
1705 - 1883
Single-sided emergency coin. Obverse: monogram of letters S and L between date within beaded rim. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-435; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 2.97 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Porto Novo pagoda of Negapatnam, India
1747 - 1781
Gold coin. Obverse: the deity Vishnu standing with conical triple crown. Beside the head flaps, next to which a cluster of dots. Reverse: convex surface, covered with dots. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3872; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique strik…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Portrait of a Fifty-Year-Old Woman
1650
Two miniature portraits in oil paint on the inside of two interlocking medals. One is the reverse of the medal struck on the Battle of Nieuwpoort by order of the States General, the other the obverse of a double thaler of Gustavus Adolphus struck in 1607. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as SK-A-4338; i…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Portrait of the Wife of Johann Philip Lembke
1650 - 1713
Portrait of the wife of Johann Philip Lembke (1631-1713). Bust-length, facing right. Painted on the inside surfaces of a silver screw thaler from 1632. Part of the portrait miniatures collection. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as SK-A-4334-2; its record gives material recorded as oil paint (paint), si…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Portugal, King Pedro II, ½ cruzado or 200 reis, 1687
1687
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, to the left thereof value indication: 200, to the right thereof the date. Reverse: short cross pattée, with crosslets in the angles. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3527; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Portugal, King Pedro II, 120 reis, 1690
1690
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, to the left thereof value indication: 100 [=120!], to the right thereof the date. Reverse: short cross pattée, with letters P [=Porto] in the angles. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3527A; its record gives material recorded as silver…
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford
modern coins
Potosi eight reales
16th - 19th century
The Potosí eight reales, also known as a Spanish dollar or piece of eight, is a large silver coin struck at the Potosí mint in modern-day Bolivia under the Spanish Empire. The eight-real denomination was originally instituted during a Spanish monetary reform in 1497. Following the exploitation of vast silver deposit…
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