Duchy of Luxembourg

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.

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Luxembourg, John of Bohemia, lion gros

1309 - 1346

Silver coin. Obverse: rampant lion facing left within an inscription and a decorative border of 12 escutcheons, one of which contains a small lion. Reverse: demi-long cross with feet. Double inscription, inner inscription: +IO-HAN-NES-REX. Minted in Poilvache [?]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Luxembourg groot with the two shields of Wenceslaus II, 1383-1388

1383 - 1388

Silver coin. Obverse: short decorated cross, with four small crosses in the heart. Reverse: beneath a crown, two coats of arms placed side by side and facing each other, of Bohemia [inverted] and of Luxembourg. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2727; its record gives material recorded as silv…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Siege of Luxembourg by the French, emergency coin of seventy-two asses

1795

Obverse: value indication above the number 13 in an oak wreath. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-505; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.9 cm x weight 28.29 g.

Documented

Partial type record

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