Tulip Fiver; first strike "400 jaar diplomatieke betrekkingen Nederland en Turkije"
Also known as: Tulpen Vijfje; eerste slag "400 jaar diplomatieke betrekkingen Nederland en Turkije"
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2012-03-26
Silver 5-euro coin, struck on the occasion of the celebration of 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. Obverse: red tulip with green stem, with a small silhouette portrait of a woman (Queen Beatrix) to the right of it, the whole inside an oval rendered in perspective (intended as a coin within a coin), with inscription "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden".
Reverse: closed tulip with a crescent moon with a star (coat of arms of Turkey) to the left of it, the whole inside an oval rendered in perspective, with inscription "2012 Nederland Turkije 400 jaar". Edge lettering: "God zij met ons". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2012-32-1; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); 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)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- 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
- red tulip with green stem, with a small silhouette portrait of a woman (Queen Beatrix) to the right of it, the whole inside an oval rendered in perspective (intended as a coin within a coin), with inscription "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden".
- Reverse
- closed tulip with a crescent moon with a star (coat of arms of Turkey) to the left of it, the whole inside an oval rendered in perspective, with inscription "2012 Nederland Turkije 400 jaar". Edge lettering: "God zij met ons".
Identification
- Original title
- Tulpen Vijfje; eerste slag "400 jaar diplomatieke betrekkingen Nederland en Turkije"
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2012-32-1
- Museum classification
- vijf euro · coin
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