5 centimes from Ghent
Also known as: 5 centimes uit Gent
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1833
Copper coin. Token. Obverse: value indication 5. Reverse: decoration, below which a one-line inscription. Legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2723; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm.
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
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.8 cm · diameter 2,8 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 2.8 cm
Design
- Obverse
- value indication 5.
- Reverse
- decoration, below which a one-line inscription. Legend.
Identification
- Original title
- 5 centimes uit Gent
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-2723
- Museum classification
- vijf centimes · coin
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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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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- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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