Cut corner piece of 3 reales from a Spanish pillar dollar (eight reales) or Spanish cob for Curaçao, [1818]
Also known as: Driekantje van 3 reaal uit een Spaanse pilaardollar (acht reaal) of Spaanse mat voor Curaçao, [1818]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1818
Silver coin, one-fifth segment of a Spanish pillar dollar cut into five parts, so-called driekantje. Obverse: part of the crowned Spanish coat of arms and of a pillar. Stamped, countermarked therein: numeral 3 within a circle. Reverse: part of a head facing right. Floral edge and milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5263; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.2 cm x weight 5.79 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) 5,79 g · diameter 2.2 cm x weight 5.79 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 5.79 g
Design
- Obverse
- part of the crowned Spanish coat of arms and of a pillar. Stamped, countermarked therein: numeral 3 within a circle.
- Reverse
- part of a head facing right. Floral edge and milled edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Driekantje van 3 reaal uit een Spaanse pilaardollar (acht reaal) of Spaanse mat voor Curaçao, [1818]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5263
- Museum classification
- coin · drie reaal
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