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Issuing authority

City of Groningen

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.

Published entries

10

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

10 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1425 – 1672

10 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Groningen plak

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Groningen plak

1425 - 1506

Silver coin. Obverse: single-headed eagle. Reverse: long cross pattée, in the center a small coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2047; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2 cm x weight 0.6 g.

Documented

Partial type record

Groningen langrok or 8 stuivers, 1627

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Groningen langrok or 8 stuivers, 1627

1627

Silver coin. Obverse: between value indication VIII ST standing Saint Martin with staff in long robe. Date in circumscription. Reverse: double-headed eagle, charged with coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2071; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique strik…

Documented

Partial type record

City of Groningen, commemorative coin of 12½ stuivers, 1672

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

City of Groningen, commemorative coin of 12½ stuivers, 1672

1672

Silver square commemorative coin. Obverse: between value indication: 12½ ST, crowned composite coat of arms of the city and the Ommelanden. Year in legend at upper left. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2346; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique str…

Documented

Partial type record

Commemorative coin of 6 1/4 stuivers of the city of Groningen, 1672

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Commemorative coin of 6 1/4 stuivers of the city of Groningen, 1672

1672

Silver square commemorative coin. Obverse: between denomination: 6 1/4 ST crowned composite coat of arms of the city and the Ommelanden. Year in legend at top left. Reverse: plain. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2347; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking…

Documented

Partial type record

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege

1672

Diamond-shaped emergency coin from Groningen, with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms (small stamp) between denomination within circumscription. Reverse: inscription "Doe Bomben Berent dee voor Gronningen de mis men dese penninck sloegh tot een gedachtenis: belegert den 9 July verlaten den 17 Augusty 167…

Documented

Partial type record

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (provided with a text about the siege of Groningen and the capture of Coevorden)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (provided with a text about the siege of Groningen and the capture of Coevorden)

1672

Lozenge-shaped emergency coin of Groningen with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms (small punch) between the denomination within a legend. Reverse: inscription "den 9 Iuly 1672 is groningen van de Ceulse en Munsterse Volkeren belegert en weder verlaten den 17 Aug: den 20 decembr. 1672 hebben de groninger…

Documented

Partial type record

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (provided with an engraving)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (provided with an engraving)

1672

Lozenge-shaped emergency coin from Groningen, with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms (large punch) between the denomination within a legend. Reverse: two inscriptions separated from each other by a horizontal line "Groningen is Belegert den 9 July en Verlaten den 17 Augusty 1672" and "Coevorden is met S…

Documented

Partial type record

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (with an inscription about the capture of Coevorden)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (with an inscription about the capture of Coevorden)

1672

Lozenge-shaped emergency coin of Groningen, with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms (small stamp) between denomination within legend. Reverse: inscription "door Rabenhaupt zijn wijse raadt En door Eibergens helden daadt Vier Sickingens van grote moet Clingh, Losecaet en Gruis t Voet hebben Coeverd: met k…

Documented

Partial type record

Daalder, emergency coin or commemorative coin from the city of Groningen, struck during or after the siege

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Daalder, emergency coin or commemorative coin from the city of Groningen, struck during or after the siege

1672

Silver square emergency coin or commemorative coin. Obverse: between denomination indication: 50 ST large or small crowned composite coat of arms of the city and the Ommelanden. Date in upper left legend. Reverse: smooth. In case of a small coat of arms, a commemorative coin. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this o…

Documented

Partial type record

One-eighth daalder; emergency coin from the siege of Groningen

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

One-eighth daalder; emergency coin from the siege of Groningen

1672

One-eighth daalder; rhombus-shaped emergency coin of Groningen with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between value indication within legend. Reverse: inscription "Groningen Belegerdt den 9 Juli ende Verlaten den 17 Augusty 1672". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-370; its record…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

  • 15th century1
  • 17th century9

Only the 10 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

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