First strike: The Australia Fiver 2006
Also known as: Eerste slag : Het Australië Vijfje 2006
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2005 - before 2006-03-27
Silver five-euro coin. Obverse: flat silhouette of Queen Beatrix facing left, containing inscription, set against an interplay of lines depicting six globes and route lines of the VOC.
Reverse: flat stylised Australia with inscription set against the same interplay of lines, with inscription and face value. The Dutch mint master mark (sails set) is depicted at the location where 't Duyfken made landfall. Edge lettering. Coin encased in perspex. Associated wooden box with insert. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2006-87-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.96 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.96 g · diameter 2,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 11,96 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.96 g
Design
- Obverse
- flat silhouette of Queen Beatrix facing left, containing inscription, set against an interplay of lines depicting six globes and route lines of the VOC.
- Reverse
- flat stylised Australia with inscription set against the same interplay of lines, with inscription and face value. The Dutch mint master mark (sails set) is depicted at the location where 't Duyfken made landfall. Edge lettering. Coin encased in perspex. Associated wooden box with insert.
Identification
- Original title
- Eerste slag : Het Australië Vijfje 2006
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2006-87-A
- Museum classification
- coin · vijf euro
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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