Catalogue
Modern World Coins
Machine-struck national coinage from the nineteenth century onwards.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler on the opening of the exchange in Bremen
1864
Obverse: new exchange building within legend; exergue: coat of arms on two crossed oak branches. Reverse: inscription beneath cross within oak wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4201; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements d…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler on the Peace of Nijmegen
1679-01-26
Silver medal. Obverse: dove returns to the ark with olive branch in its beak within legend. Reverse: inscription above coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1261; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x w…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler on the Peace of Nijmegen, in honor of Anselm Franz Count of Ingelheim, Archbishop of Mainz
1679
Silver taler. Obverse: bust of a man above a crowned coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: hand from clouds balances peace branches on a scale against a sword within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1271; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique s…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin for the army of John II Sigismund Zápolya, claimant to the Hungarian throne and prince of Transylvania, at war against Emperor Maximilian II
1565
Single-sided emergency coin. Obverse: two stamps: upper stamp: letters IO, SE, REX, and VN in banner; lower stamp: in cartouche: half-length standing animal between moon and star and date. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-24; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin for the army of Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, struck shortly after the Treaty of Passau, possibly during the siege of Schweinfurt
1553
Single-sided, nearly diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: a rectangular stamp: eagle facing left in cartouche beneath letters A, M, Z, and B above date. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-17; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworki…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin from Hermannstadt, struck during the siege, by Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania
1611
Obverse: crowned escutcheon above year and letters CIBIN within snake circle and legend. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-227; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 28.17 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin from Münster, struck during the siege by Christoph Bernhard von Galen, to pay the mercenaries defending the city
1660
Single-sided, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: in a round stamp: coat of arms in an ornamented cartouche within an inscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-339; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements he…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin from Osnabrück, struck during the siege by the Swedes
1633
Uniface, lozenge-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: within a circular punch: crowned Saint Peter holding a key in his right hand and a book in his left hand, standing before a coat of arms flanked by the date within a wreath of leaves. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-287; its re…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler; four units, emergency coin from Frankenthal, struck during the siege by Verdugo
1623
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: two stamps; above: cornerstone between year above letter F within circumscription; below: countermarked: numeral 4. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-260; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler?, emergency coin from Breisach, struck during the siege by the Swedes
1633
Single-sided, lozenge-shaped silver emergency coin. Obverse: globus cruciger with numeral 1 in globe between two coats of arms, above coat of arms between year within circumscription. Reverse: blank. Possibly a taler. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-279; its record gives material recorded as…
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Plouf250 via Wikimedia Commons
modern coins
Tanzanian shilling coinage
from 1966
Tanzanian shilling coinage encompasses the metallic currency issued for Tanzania following the introduction of the national currency in 1966. Denominated in shillings (Swahili: shilingi) and subdivisions of 100 cents (senti), the first coin series was designed by Christopher Ironside OBE and circulated between 1966…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taste, scene engraved on a Leicester stoter
1586 - 1597
Silver medal. Obverse: turned to the right with hat, sitting with crossed legs smoking a pipe; exergue: inscription. Reverse: original depiction: bust of a man facing left with laurel wreath within inscription. Possibly a stoter. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-16-128; its record gives materia…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten and a half stuivers, emergency coin from Kampen, struck to pay arrears of pay to the garrison
1578-07
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: seven stamps: escutcheon between value indication above inscription and year within legend. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-157; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (me…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten centimes of Napoleon III Bonaparte, Emperor of the French
1856
Obverse: bust of a man facing left above signature within circumscription. Reverse: eagle with outstretched wings, head turned to the right and thunderbolts in talons; below: letter W within circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-14-15-A; its record gives material recorded as copper…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten centimes, emergency coin from Antwerp in the name of King Louis XVIII, 1814
1814
Bronze emergency coin. Obverse: within a wreath of two tied branches, the letter L in ligature twice. At the top, place name: Anvers, and at the bottom, year. Reverse: denomination: 10 cent. in two lines. Legend: Monnaie Obsidionale. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2721; its record gives ma…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten centimes, emergency coin from Antwerp in the name of Napoleon, 1814
1814
Bronze emergency coin. Obverse: within a wreath of two tied branches, letter N. At the top, location designation: "Anvers" and at the bottom, year. Reverse: value indication: "10 cent." in two lines. Legend: "Monnaie Obsidionale". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2720; its record gives mater…
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![Ten fen (0.1 yuan) weighing 7.2 candareens, from the province of Kwangtung [=Canton] in China, in the name of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)](/__l5e/assets-v1/62b018ca-0d8c-43ec-be73-df7176bfa4fd/rk-kog-mp-1-4280b-tien-fen-0-1-yuan-met-het-gewicht-van-772-can.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten fen (0.1 yuan) weighing 7.2 candareens, from the province of Kwangtung [=Canton] in China, in the name of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)
1880 - 1910
Silver coin. Obverse: coiled dragon with a human face. Value indication in legend along the bottom. Reverse: Chinese characters within a circle and as legend. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4280B; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalw…
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![Ten piastres from Tunisia of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz under the Bey Muhammad al-Sadiq, 1281 [=1864]](/__l5e/assets-v1/8882db17-67f6-4f3f-b9bc-ee0ae15971d8/rk-kog-mp-1-5079-tien-piaster-uit-tunesie-van-de-ottomaanse-su.jpg)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten piastres from Tunisia of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz under the Bey Muhammad al-Sadiq, 1281 [=1864]
1864
Gold coin. Obverse: between two tied branches, three-line inscription in Arabic characters. Reverse: between two tied branches, three-line inscription in Arabic characters. Below that, year: 1281 [=1864]. Cable border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5079; its record gives material recorded…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten poltura, emergency coin from Leopoldstadt, struck by the Malcontents in Hungary
1705
Obverse: monogram of letters S and L between year within beaded rim. Reverse: inscription above Roman numeral X in decorated cartouche within beaded rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-434; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten poltura, emergency coin of Ferenc Rákóczi, during the Hungarian Uprising
1706
Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year. Reverse: inscription above Roman numeral X in decorated cartouche. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-432; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 7.83 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten skilling or real from the Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands) of King Christian VIII, 1845
1845
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms. Reverse: value indication in five lines, below which the year. Inset edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5250; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.7 cm x weight 2.47 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers of the Kingdom of Holland, 1809
1809
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: between denomination 10 S. crowned coat of arms, below which date. Below that, mint master's mark bee. Edge inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2196; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striki…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin from Amsterdam, struck after the siege
1578 - 1631
Single-sided, diamond-shaped emergency coin with a hole in it. Obverse: three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: mintmaster mark [piece pierced at this point]: presumably letters P and G; city coat of arms: crowned shield, to the left part of the numeral 5 still visible, to the right of 7 visible, to th…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin from Oudenaarde, struck during the siege
1582-05-30
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: two stamps: countermark: coat of arms of Flanders; below it round stamp: escutcheon below value indication within legend. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-188; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique strikin…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin from Pernambuco, struck during the siege by order of the Dutch West India Company
1654
Uniface, lozenge-shaped silver emergency coin. Obverse: within a circular beaded border: monogram of the letters G, W, and C beneath the Roman numeral X. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-328; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworkin…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin from Woerden, struck during the siege
1575-09-08
Single-sided, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: coat of arms between the digits 1 and 0 within an inscription and beaded rim; below, possibly a small punch [?]. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-100; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique striking (m…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin from Ypres, struck during the siege
1583-08 - 1583-12-31
Uniface, square emergency coin of Ypres, with bevelled corners. Obverse: two stamps one above the other: upper stamp: number 83; lower stamp: escutcheon between letters X and S within legend. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-195; its record gives material recorded as tin (meta…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin of Lille, captured by the Allies
1708
Obverse: crowned coat of arms on two crossed marshal's batons. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-448; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 3.39 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin of the United Belgian States
1790
Obverse: standing lion within inscription; exergue: date. Reverse: two clasped hands emerging from clouds hold together a bundle of eleven arrows within inscription; exergue: indication of value. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2974; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); tech…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten taler from the Kingdom of Westphalia of Jérôme Napoléon, 1810
1810
Gold coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms, surrounded by collar of an order, with badge suspended. Reverse: value indication in two lines, below which the year. Below that letter B [= Brunswick]. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0690A; its record gives material recorded…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten units, emergency coin from Jülich, struck during the siege by Maurice, Prince of Orange-Nassau, made by clipping a piece from a plate or bowl and stamped with the monogram of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1610-07-29 - 1610-09-02
Irregular, downward-tapering rectangular, single-sided silver emergency coin, with the convex, raised rim of the original object at the top and chamfered corners at the bottom. Obverse: two stamps: left: value designation Roman numeral X in a rectangle; right: crowned letter R; below it the year, interrupted by the…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten-cent piece for necklace of fifty ten-cent pieces connected by silver wire
2001
Additional ten-cent piece from 1979 for necklace of fifty ten-cent pieces connected by silver wire fitted with a toggle clasp. 'Rietveld naar de Beurs'. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2010-2-431-1; its record gives material recorded as nickel (metal); measurements height 0.1 cm x diameter 1.5 cm.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten-sen coin, struck by the Japanese during the occupation of the Dutch East Indies
1943
Coin with on the obverse the text 'Greater Japan', 10 (sen) and the date 2603 (=1943), on the reverse a wayang puppet. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2024-73; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 21 mm x weight 3.52 g.
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Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund
modern coins
Tenpō Tsūhō Coin (Cleveland Museum of Art 1918.679)
1835–68
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1918.679: Tenpō Tsūhō Coin, 1835–68. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Copper; diameter: 3.2 x 4.8 cm (1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.). Inscribed: 天保通寶. It is catalogued in the museum's Japanese Art department under Coins. Credit line: General Income Fund. Recorded provenance: Charles S. Hill, New Yo…
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Bruun Rasmussen (auction listing photograph)
modern coins
Thai baht coinage
20th century
Thai baht coinage encompasses the machine-struck currency of Thailand, historically known to foreign merchants as the tical. Prior to modern coinage, Thai currency circulated as cast solid silver bullet money termed photduang or podduang. In the mid-nineteenth century, King Rama IV (Mongkut) initiated monetary refor…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thailand, baht, King Chulalongkorn, 1868-1910
1876 - 1901
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing left. Reverse: mantle, on which two crossed rods. Thereon a coat of arms supported by two supporters and hung with an order of knighthood, flanked by two folding umbrellas. Value indication in Thai at the bottom. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler from Hanau-Münzenberg of Catharina of Orange, daughter of Prince William I and regent of Hanau-Münzenberg (1612-1626) for her son Philip Maurice (1612-1638)
1623
Silver coin, thaler. Obverse: double-headed eagle under a crown within a legend. Reverse: coat of arms within a legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-663; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x weight 28.41 g.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler from the Imperial City of Nuremberg in the Name of Emperor Ferdinand II, 1628
1628
Silver coin. Obverse: city view, with motto in three lines in exergue containing the year in Roman numerals. At the top, three coats of arms between two branches. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle holding a sceptre and a sword in its talons, with a coat of arms on its breast surrounded by the collar and badge of…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler from the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach of Sophie, regent over her sons Friedrich, Albert and Christian 1628
1628
Silver coin. Obverse: composite coat of arms, bearing three crests. Reverse: portraits of the margrave and his two brothers. In exergue between year, coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1215; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking);…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler from Württemberg-Teck in the name of Duke Ulrich (1498-1550)
1507
Silver coin. Obverse: horseman above date, within decorative border and legend. Reverse: coat of arms crowned with two helmets within a legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-70; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler of Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Magdeburg
1536
Obverse: bust of a man with floppy cap facing right within inscription. Reverse: coat of arms on sword and crozier beneath cardinal's hat within inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-206; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurem…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler on the coronation of Wilhelm I and Augusta as King and Queen of Prussia
1861
Obverse: right-facing busts of crowned man and woman within legend. Reverse: crowned eagle with sceptre and globus cruciger; at bottom and top crowned letter W, flanked on either side by crowned letter A, between them four letters R within legend; edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-V…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler on the Second German Federal Shooting Festival in Bremen
1865
Obverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions within legend; exergue: inscription. Reverse: inscription beneath cross within oak wreath; thereon two crossed rifles. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4218; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwork…
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The province of North Holland via Europeana
modern coins
Thaler, 1553
1553
Thaler is held by The province of North Holland (Netherlands), dated 1553. Description supplied by the holding institution: Thaler Hamburg; obv.: city gate with three towers depicted in a city wall; border inscription: MONETA.NOVA.CIVITATIS.HAMBVRGEN; rev.: standing Mary with Child with a coat of arms beneath; borde…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler, emergency coin for the army of John II Sigismund Zápolya, claimant to the throne of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania, at war against Emperor Ferdinand I.
1562
Uniface emergency coin with broken suspension loop or filled hole. Obverse: two stamps: upper stamp: letters I, E, R and V in compartment; lower stamp: in cartouche: half-bodied standing animal between moon and star and year. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-19; its record giv…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler, emergency coin from Gotha of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, struck during the siege by the troops of Elector Augustus of Saxony
1567
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: a rectangular stamp: letters H, HF, G and K above coat of arms between year. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-26; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); mea…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler, emergency coin of Jülich, struck to pay the troops of Emperor Charles V who had taken the city the previous year without a fight.
1543
Uniface silver emergency coin struck on a thick irregular flan. Obverse: a stamp in a cartouche: rampant lion with sword in raised right paw between numerals 4 and 3. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-11; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler, emergency coin of Maurice of Saxony from Leipzig, struck during the siege by John Frederick, Elector of Saxony.
1547
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: one stamp: letters M, H, Z and S above coat of arms; on either side part of year; at the bottom letter L in circle; in lowest point: engraved house mark. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-13; its record gives material recorded as…
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