8 Schilling from the Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck, 1732
Also known as: 8 Schilling uit de vrije hansestad Lübeck, 1732
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1732
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned double-headed eagle with the numeral 8 on its breast. Reverse: within two tied branches, value designation in three lines, below which coat of arms of the city. Date at top at the end of the legend. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1004; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 5.22 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 5.22 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned double-headed eagle with the numeral 8 on its breast.
- Reverse
- within two tied branches, value designation in three lines, below which coat of arms of the city. Date at top at the end of the legend. Smooth edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 8 Schilling uit de vrije hansestad Lübeck, 1732
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-1004
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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