West Indies, 1/4 guilder, 1794
Also known as: West-Indië, 1/4 gulden, 1794
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1794
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the Generality between value indication 1/4 Gl. Below it, the letter W [=West Indies]. At the end of the inscription: TRAI.
[=Utrecht]. Reverse: standing Dutch Maiden, holding in her right hand a lance topped by the cap of liberty and resting her left arm on a Bible placed on a pedestal. In exergue, the date. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5298; 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 0 g · diameter 2,2 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 0 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 0 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms of the Generality between value indication 1/4 Gl. Below it, the letter W [=West Indies]. At the end of the inscription: TRAI. [=Utrecht].
- Reverse
- standing Dutch Maiden, holding in her right hand a lance topped by the cap of liberty and resting her left arm on a Bible placed on a pedestal. In exergue, the date. Cable edge.
Identification
- Original title
- West-Indië, 1/4 gulden, 1794
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5298
- 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 reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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