City of Leiden, emergency coin of 1/4 or oord gulden, 1574
Also known as: Stad Leiden, noodmunt van 1/4 of oord gulden, 1574
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1574
Paper emergency coin, made from sheets of paper glued together, but now separated, from which a round coin flan was stamped out. Obverse: a rampant Holland lion standing on a piece of ground, with a scimitar in the right claw and an oval shield with the coat of arms of Leiden in the left.
Above the lion in the legend, a crown. At the end of the legend, the year: year 1574. Between the hind legs of the lion, a countermark: a Holland lion within an oval beaded border (to guarantee authenticity). Reverse: within a laurel wreath, a four-line inscription: LVG/DVNVM/BATAVO/RVM. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1620C; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 0.63 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 0,63 g · diameter 3 cm x weight 0.63 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3 cm x weight 0.63 g
Design
- Obverse
- a rampant Holland lion standing on a piece of ground, with a scimitar in the right claw and an oval shield with the coat of arms of Leiden in the left. Above the lion in the legend, a crown. At the end of the legend, the year: year 1574. Between the hind legs of the lion, a countermark: a Holland lion within an oval beaded border (to guarantee authenticity).
- Reverse
- within a laurel wreath, a four-line inscription: LVG/DVNVM/BATAVO/RVM.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Leiden, noodmunt van 1/4 of oord gulden, 1574
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-1620C
- Museum classification
- coin · kwart gulden · siege coin
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- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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