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Issuing authority

Duchy of Guelders

Kind
duchy
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

16

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

16 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1361 – 1789

16 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Guelders plak of Duke Eduard, 1361–1371

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Guelders plak of Duke Eduard, 1361–1371

1361 - 1371

Silver coin. Obverse: seated lion facing left with helmet and crest. Reverse: short flowered cross. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2083; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.33 cm x weight 3.41 g.

Documented

Partial type record

Gelderland groot from Arnhem of Duke William I, 1377-1393

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Gelderland groot from Arnhem of Duke William I, 1377-1393

1377 - 1393

Silver coin. Obverse: tournament helmet within a hexafoil. Reverse: short cross patée with letters A, N, R, and S. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2085; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.5 cm x weight 1.96 g.

Documented

Partial type record

Guelders Sint-Jansgulden of Duke Arnold, 1423-1472

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Guelders Sint-Jansgulden of Duke Arnold, 1423-1472

1423 - 1472

Gold coin. Obverse: standing saint, holding cross-staff in left hand. Inscription: S IOHANNES-BABTISTA [lion]. Reverse: five small coats of arms in a quatrefoil. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2085B; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); mea…

Documented

Partial type record

Gelderland statenoord in the name of Philip II, 1555-1598

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland statenoord in the name of Philip II, 1555-1598

1577 - 1578

Copper coin. Obverse: crowned Burgundian coat of arms, surrounded by the collar of the Golden Fleece. Reverse: portrait of Philip II facing left. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2087A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diam…

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Partial type record

Guelders rose noble

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Guelders rose noble

1583 - 1584

Obverse: crowned standing monarch with sword in a ship, holding the coat of arms of Guelders in front of him, rose on ship's hull. Reverse: within a polylobe, a floriated cross with a rose at the centre from which sunrays emerge, lions with crowns in the angles. Beginning of legend: DEVS TRANSFERT. The Rijksmuseum,…

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Partial type record

Gelderland oord of Philip II, 1590

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland oord of Philip II, 1590

1590

Copper coin. Obverse: crowned Burgundian coat of arms. Reverse: portrait of Philip II facing left. Year in legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2091; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.6 cm x weight 4.22 g.

Documented

Partial type record

Gelderland ducat, 1595

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland ducat, 1595

1595

Gold coin. Obverse: standing knight facing right with sword in right hand and bundle of arrows in left hand. Reverse: inscription within decorated square. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2092A; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measuremen…

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Partial type record

Guelders ten stuiver, 1606

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Guelders ten stuiver, 1606

1606

Silver coin. Obverse: knight standing facing right between year, holding sword in his right hand, before him the coat of arms of Guelders. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of the Generality between value indication. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2093A; its record gives material recorded as s…

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Partial type record

Guelders stuiver, 1640

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Guelders stuiver, 1640

1640

Silver coin. Obverse: within a laurel wreath, GEL/RIA in two lines, below which the year, above which the mint master's mark. Reverse: within a laurel wreath, a bundle of arrows between the denomination. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2096; its record gives material recorded as silver (met…

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Gelderland quarter gulden, 1756

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland quarter gulden, 1756

1756

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between year. Reverse: standing Dutch Maiden, in right hand spear with cap, resting left arm on pedestal on which a Bible. So-called mint master's medal. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2106; its record gives material recorded as silver…

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Silver strike of a Gelderland half duit, 1756

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Silver strike of a Gelderland half duit, 1756

1756

Silver coin. Obverse: in three lines D/GEL/RIAE, below it the year and mint master's mark. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of Gelderland. Strike in silver. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2107A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measureme…

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Partial type record

Gelderland half gouden rijder, 1760

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland half gouden rijder, 1760

1760

Gold coin. Obverse: horseman with sword facing right, below him crowned coat of arms of Gelderland. Reverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value designation. Year above crown. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2112; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); tec…

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Partial type record

Water kettle, struck from a 1760 Gelderland duit

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Water kettle, struck from a 1760 Gelderland duit

c. 1760

Copper water kettle, tinned on the inside; struck from a Gelderland coin of 1760. A coat of arms and date on the underside. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-5783-260; its record gives material recorded as tin alloy, copper (metal), brass (alloy); measurements height 1.5 cm x diameter 2.1 cm.

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Gelderland duit, 1763

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland duit, 1763

1763

Copper coin. Obverse: within opulent rococo decoration, D/GEL/RIAE in three lines, below it the year and mint master's mark. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of Gelderland. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2118; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwork…

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Gelderland gulden, 1763

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland gulden, 1763

1763

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value designation. Reverse: standing Dutch Maiden, in right hand spear with cap, resting left hand on pillar on which a Bible. In exergue, year. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2117; its record gives material recorded as silver (…

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Gelderland double stuiver, 1789

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Gelderland double stuiver, 1789

1789

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value designation. Reverse: inscription in two lines. Year below. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2133; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.9 cm x weigh…

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Dated entries by century

  • 14th century2
  • 15th century1
  • 16th century4
  • 17th century2
  • 18th century7

Only the 16 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver8
  • Copper4
  • Gold4
  • Brass1
  • Zinc1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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