Tulpen Vijfje in box; first strike "400 jaar diplomatieke betrekkingen Nederland en Turkije"
Also known as: Tulpen Vijfje in doos; 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 to its right a small silhouette portrait of a woman (Queen Beatrix), the whole within an oval rendered in perspective (intended as a coin within a coin), with legend "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden". Reverse: closed tulip with to its left a crescent moon with a star (coat of arms of Turkey), the whole within an oval rendered in perspective, with legend "2012 Nederland Turkije 400 jaar". Edge lettering: "God zij met ons". Coin mounted in perspex. In a small wooden box, lined on the inside with blue velvet, with an explanatory text sheet mounted in the lid; pasted on the lid a leather sheet: title with date and maker. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2012-32; its record gives material recorded as paper, velvet (fabric weave), silver (metal), Perspex (TM), wood (plant material); technique striking (metalworking). 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
- paper, velvet (fabric weave), silver (metal), Perspex (TM), wood (plant material)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
Design
- Obverse
- red tulip with green stem, with to its right a small silhouette portrait of a woman (Queen Beatrix), the whole within an oval rendered in perspective (intended as a coin within a coin), with legend "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden".
- Reverse
- closed tulip with to its left a crescent moon with a star (coat of arms of Turkey), the whole within an oval rendered in perspective, with legend "2012 Nederland Turkije 400 jaar". Edge lettering: "God zij met ons". Coin mounted in perspex. In a small wooden box, lined on the inside with blue velvet, with an explanatory text sheet mounted in the lid; pasted on the lid a leather sheet: title with date and maker.
Identification
- Original title
- Tulpen Vijfje in doos; eerste slag "400 jaar diplomatieke betrekkingen Nederland en Turkije"
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2012-32
- Museum classification
- box · coin
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