First strike: 400 Years Netherlands-Manhattan
Also known as: Eerste slag : 400 jaar Nederland-Manhattan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2009
Silver five-euro coin, struck on the occasion of the Hudson Year 2009. Obverse: map of Manhattan, New York, in 2009 with coin-within-a-coin effigy of Queen Beatrix and circumscription.
Reverse: map of Manhattan around 1609 with coin-within-a-coin the denomination and circumscription. Edge lettering. Coin set in Perspex. Accompanying wooden box with inlay. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2009-87-1; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), Perspex (TM); 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal), Perspex (TM)
- Dimensions
- munt: diameter 3,3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 15,5 g · diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 15.5 g
Design
- Obverse
- map of Manhattan, New York, in 2009 with coin-within-a-coin effigy of Queen Beatrix and circumscription.
- Reverse
- map of Manhattan around 1609 with coin-within-a-coin the denomination and circumscription. Edge lettering. Coin set in Perspex. Accompanying wooden box with inlay.
Identification
- Original title
- Eerste slag : 400 jaar Nederland-Manhattan
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2009-87-1
- Museum classification
- vijf euro · coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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