Germany, Upper Silesia, 5 Mark, 1921
Also known as: Duitsland, Opper-Silezië, 5 mark, 1921
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1921
Porcelain pseudo-coin. Obverse: standing mother with infant on her arm and boy and girl clutching her skirts. Reverse: beneath a cloud bank, from which an oath-taking hand extends upwards, a group of five trees. Below, value indication in one line. Regional designation as inscription. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5849; its record gives material recorded as porcelain; technique casting; measurements diameter 4 cm x weight 11.26 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
- porcelain
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 4 cm x weight 11.26 g
Design
- Obverse
- standing mother with infant on her arm and boy and girl clutching her skirts.
- Reverse
- beneath a cloud bank, from which an oath-taking hand extends upwards, a group of five trees. Below, value indication in one line. Regional designation as inscription. Smooth edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Duitsland, Opper-Silezië, 5 mark, 1921
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5849
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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