First strike: The Rembrandt Five-Euro Coin
Also known as: Eerste slag : Het Rembrandt Vijfje
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2005 - before 2006-07-07
Silver five-euro coin. Obverse: portrait of Queen Beatrix turned half left, placed on repeated inscription. Reverse: portrait of Rembrandt, placed on repeated inscription, with nominal value and marks.
Edge lettering. Various techniques are combined for the portraits: lines of embroidery are modelled on a lasered photograph. Coin set in Perspex. Accompanying wooden box with inlay. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2006-88-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.87 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 gewicht (eigenschap) 11,87 g · diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.87 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.87 g
Design
- Obverse
- portrait of Queen Beatrix turned half left, placed on repeated inscription.
- Reverse
- portrait of Rembrandt, placed on repeated inscription, with nominal value and marks. Edge lettering. Various techniques are combined for the portraits: lines of embroidery are modelled on a lasered photograph. Coin set in Perspex. Accompanying wooden box with inlay.
Identification
- Original title
- Eerste slag : Het Rembrandt Vijfje
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2006-88-A
- Museum classification
- coin · vijf euro
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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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
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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