Breisach

Kind

city-state

Region

Western Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Forty-eight batzen, emergency coin from Breisach, struck during the siege by the Swedes

1633

Diamond-shaped emergency coin with rounded corners on a suspension loop. Obverse: in a circular stamp, with an engraved dot on all four sides: year above two coats of arms, separated by a trefoil above a dot; below: coat of arms between Roman numeral XLVIII. Reverse: in a circular stamp, with an engraved dot on all…

Documented

Partial type record

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…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Twenty-four batz, emergency coin from Breisach, struck during the siege by the Swedes

1633

Lozenge-shaped silver emergency coin. Obverse: in circular stamp: year above two coats of arms, separated by a trefoil above a dot; beneath: coat of arms between Roman numeral XXIIII. Reverse: in circular stamp: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-286; its record gives material reco…

Documented

Partial type record

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