Twenty stuivers, emergency coin from Lille, 1708
Also known as: Twintig stuiver, noodmunt uit Rijsel (Lille), 1708
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1708
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: richly ornamented crowned coat of arms of Marshal De Boufflers, defender of the city, on a cross of ragged staffs. Reverse: on one line, value indication XX S.
Below, four-line inscription, below which is the year. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3436; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 7.25 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 7,25 g · diameter 3.1 cm x weight 7.25 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 7.25 g
Design
- Obverse
- richly ornamented crowned coat of arms of Marshal De Boufflers, defender of the city, on a cross of ragged staffs.
- Reverse
- on one line, value indication XX S. Below, four-line inscription, below which is the year. Milled edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Twintig stuiver, noodmunt uit Rijsel (Lille), 1708
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3436
- Museum classification
- twintig stuiver · coin · siege coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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