Issuing authority
Free Imperial City of Cologne
- 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
2
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
2 with a credited real-object photo
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (2)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gold gulden of the Imperial City of Cologne
1491 - 1508
Gold coin. Obverse: Jesus seated on a throne with the coat of arms of the city in front of him. Reverse: within double-lined decorated trefoil imperial orb. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0515; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measureme…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Imperial City of Cologne, 2/3 Taler, 1716
1716
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of Emperor Charles VI facing right. Reverse: between the year, decorated oval coat of arms of the city, below which indication of value. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0520A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 15th century1
- 18th century1
Only the 2 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
- Gold1
- Silver1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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