City of Brussels

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

Thirty-six stuivers, emergency coin from Brussels, cut off by Spanish troops

1579-09-09

Single-sided silver diamond-shaped emergency coin of Brussels. Obverse: a circular stamp: coat of arms beneath denomination, between numerals 7 and 9 within an inscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-177; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique st…

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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

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…

Documented

Partial type record

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