Piece of eight, struck in Potosí, coin from the wreck of the East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart
Also known as: Reaal van achten, geslagen te Potosi, munt uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder 't Vliegend Hart
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - 1710
Worn silver coin, struck twice on an irregular flan. Obverse: Pillars of Hercules, standing in waves; between the pillars: inscription in three lines; upper line, from left to right: (not visible) mint mark P, numeral 8, (not visible) assayer's mark; middle line: Habsburg motto; bottom line from left to right: (not visible) assayer's mark, year (not visible), mint mark (not visible).
Reverse: cross; between the arms of the cross: heraldic figures. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1986-1-32; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.1 cm x width 3 cm x weight 27.64 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3.1 cm x width 3 cm x weight 27.64 g
Design
- Obverse
- Pillars of Hercules, standing in waves; between the pillars: inscription in three lines; upper line, from left to right: (not visible) mint mark P, numeral 8, (not visible) assayer's mark; middle line: Habsburg motto; bottom line from left to right: (not visible) assayer's mark, year (not visible), mint mark (not visible).
- Reverse
- cross; between the arms of the cross: heraldic figures.
Identification
- Original title
- Reaal van achten, geslagen te Potosi, munt uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder 't Vliegend Hart
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1986-1-32
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer mark
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