First strike: Michiel de Ruyter Five-Euro Coin
Also known as: Eerste slag : Michiel de Ruyter Vijfje
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2007 - before 2007-03-24
Silver five-euro coin. Obverse: portrait of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter turned half right, within inscription, with nominal value and mark and sixty tapering 'teeth or rays'.
Reverse: portrait of Queen Beatrix turned left, within inscription, with nominal value and mark and sixty tapering 'teeth or rays'. Edge lettering. Coin set in Perspex. Accompanying wooden box with inlay. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2007-8-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.9 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) 11,9 g · diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.9 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 11.9 g
Design
- Obverse
- portrait of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter turned half right, within inscription, with nominal value and mark and sixty tapering 'teeth or rays'.
- Reverse
- portrait of Queen Beatrix turned left, within inscription, with nominal value and mark and sixty tapering 'teeth or rays'. Edge lettering. Coin set in Perspex. Accompanying wooden box with inlay.
Identification
- Original title
- Eerste slag : Michiel de Ruyter Vijfje
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2007-8-A
- Museum classification
- vijf euro · coin
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
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Research required
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