Half real, emergency coin from Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
Also known as: Halve reaal, noodmunt uit Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1811 - 1814
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: man seated on a chair facing left with a tree in front of him. Reverse: at the top, value designation: ½ on one line. Below that, place designation in four lines: Estado de Carthagena.
Emergency coin, struck between 1811 and 1814. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5274; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 1.85 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)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.1 cm x weight 1.85 g
Design
- Obverse
- man seated on a chair facing left with a tree in front of him.
- Reverse
- at the top, value designation: ½ on one line. Below that, place designation in four lines: Estado de Carthagena. Emergency coin, struck between 1811 and 1814.
Identification
- Original title
- Halve reaal, noodmunt uit Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5274
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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