Minden, Westphalia, emergency coin of 8 Mariengroschen, 1634
Also known as: Minden, Werstfalen, noodmunt van 8 Mariengroschen, 1634
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1634
Silver square emergency coin. Obverse: inscription in two lines: MINDA OBSESSA, below which is the year. Reverse: value indication in two lines with countermark of city arms: two crossed keys.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1284; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 1.9 cm x weight 3.65 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
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- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- length 1.9 cm x weight 3.65 g · lengte 1,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 3,65 g
- Measurements
- length 1.9 cm x weight 3.65 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription in two lines: MINDA OBSESSA, below which is the year.
- Reverse
- value indication in two lines with countermark of city arms: two crossed keys.
Identification
- Original title
- Minden, Werstfalen, noodmunt van 8 Mariengroschen, 1634
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-1284
- Museum classification
- coin · siege coin · acht mariëngroschen
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references
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