Five centimes, emergency coin from Antwerp in the name of Louis XVIII, 1814
Also known as: Vijf centimes, noodmunt uit Antwerpen op naam van Lodewijk XVIII, 1814
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1814
Bronze emergency coin. Obverse: within a wreath of two tied branches, twice the letter L in ligature. At the top, place indication: Anvers and at the bottom the date.
Reverse: denomination indication: 5 cent. in two lines. Legend: Monnaie Obsidionale. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2722; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3,3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 15,5 g · diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a wreath of two tied branches, twice the letter L in ligature. At the top, place indication: Anvers and at the bottom the date.
- Reverse
- denomination indication: 5 cent. in two lines. Legend: Monnaie Obsidionale.
Identification
- Original title
- Vijf centimes, noodmunt uit Antwerpen op naam van Lodewijk XVIII, 1814
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-2722
- Museum classification
- siege coin · vijf centimes · coin
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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