Japan Five-Euro Coin
Also known as: 400 jaar handelsbetrekkingen Nederland-Japan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2009
Silver five-euro coin, struck on the occasion of 400 years of trade relations between the Netherlands and Japan. Obverse and reverse: ribbons with text and trailing coins against a background of a grid pattern of lines and dots.
On both sides, the ribbons merge into each other and form a reef knot. Accompanied by a black leather-covered box with insert, which also contains a replica of a medal from 1862. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2009-123-1; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), Perspex (TM); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal), Perspex (TM)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 g · munt: diameter 3,3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 15,5 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 g
Identification
- Original title
- Japan Vijfje
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2009-123-1
- Museum classification
- vijf euro · coin
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