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Triangular cut piece (driekantje) of 3 reales cut from a Spanish pillar dollar or mat for Curaçao, [1800]

Also known as: Driekantje van 3 reaal uit een Spaanse pilaardollar of mat voor Curaçao, [1800]

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1800

Silver coin, a fourth part of a Spanish pillar dollar cut into four pieces, a so-called driekantje. Obverse: part of the crowned Spanish coat of arms and of a column [pillar]. Stamped, countermarked into it: five-petalled rosette with dots between the petals. Reverse: part of a head facing right. Floral edge and milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5262A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.2 cm x weight 0 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.

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
diameter 2,2 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 0 g · diameter 2.2 cm x weight 0 g
Measurements
diameter 2.2 cm x weight 0 g

Design

Obverse
part of the crowned Spanish coat of arms and of a column [pillar]. Stamped, countermarked into it: five-petalled rosette with dots between the petals.
Reverse
part of a head facing right. Floral edge and milled edge.

Identification

Original title
Driekantje van 3 reaal uit een Spaanse pilaardollar of mat voor Curaçao, [1800]
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-1-5262A
Museum classification
coin · drie reaal

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Catalogue references

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