City of Deventer

Kind

city-state

Region

Low Countries, 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

Quarter stuiver of Deventer, 1517

1517

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Deventer. Reverse: long decorated cross patée with the letters D, A, V, and E in the angles. Date in legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1938; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diam…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Adelaarsgulden of Deventer, 1523

1523

Gold coin. Obverse: single-headed eagle with slanting coat of arms of Oversticht beneath its talons. Date in legend. Reverse: within a double-lined decorated trefoil, imperial orb. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1938A; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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One-eighth stuiver of Deventer, 1523

1523

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms with single-headed eagle and coat of arms of the Oversticht. Reverse: long cross patée with the letters D, A, V, and E in the angles. Date in legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1939; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique stri…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

City of Deventer, emergency coin of 2 stuivers, 1578

1578

Copper emergency coin. Obverse: within a beaded circle, crowned single-headed eagle facing left. Legend: Vrgen. Necess [city coat of arms] Daven. 30 Oc 78. Reverse: within a beaded circle on one line, value indication: II S. Outside beaded circle, wreath. Countermarked with the city coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Am…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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City of Deventer, emergency coin of 4 stuivers, 1578

1578

Copper emergency coin. Obverse: within a beaded circle, a crowned single-headed eagle facing left. Inscription: Vrgen. Necess [small city coat of arms] Daven. 30 Oc 78. Reverse: within a beaded circle, value indication on one line: IIII S. Outside the beaded circle, a wreath. With countermark of small city coat of a…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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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?…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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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: I S. Outside the beaded circle, a wreath. With countermark small city coat of arms?…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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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)…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Duit of Deventer, 1663

1663

Copper coin. Obverse: between a foliage wreath, crowned coat of arms of Deventer. Reverse: within a foliage wreath, three-line inscription, with date below. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1949; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measure…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Quarter daalder, emergency coin from Deventer, produced during the siege from the city council's silver to pay the war costs

1672-06-21

Lozenge-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: two punches: large circular punch: crowned eagle; beneath it: rectangular punch with date. Reverse: seated figure in a horseless chariot holds a branch against the body in her left hand and an open book in her raised right hand with a depiction of a radiant sun on the left pag…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gold striking of a rijderschelling of Deventer, 1685

1685

Gold coin. Obverse: between value indication 6 S, crowned decorated coat of arms of Deventer. Reverse: knight with raised sword riding on horseback to the right. Date in legend. Striking in gold. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1953; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); techn…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Double stuiver of Deventer, 1707

1707

Silver coin. Obverse: between value indication 2 S, Generality lion. Reverse: two-line inscription. Above it, mint master mark, and below it, date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1955; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements dia…

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