Plate Money of Half a Daler in the Name of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
Also known as: Plaatgeld van een halve daalder op naam van Adolf Frederik, koning van Zweden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1759
Not completely rectangular, curved plate. Obverse: five stamp impressions. In each corner the obverse of a half daler with grooved edge, containing 4 x A F R S beneath a crown and inscription above 2 crossed arrows: of half daler: Silfmunt; in the centre, impression of reverse of half daler: inscription. Reverse: large number of faint and partial impressions of stamps. Plåtmynt, half daler. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-784-2; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 9.6 cm x length 10.4 cm x width 11.4 cm x width 12 cm. 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- length 9.6 cm x length 10.4 cm x width 11.4 cm x width 12 cm · lengte 9,6 cm (min.) x lengte 10,4 cm (max.) x breedte 11,4 cm (min.) x breedte 12 cm (max.)
- Measurements
- length 9.6 cm x length 10.4 cm x width 11.4 cm x width 12 cm
Design
- Obverse
- five stamp impressions. In each corner the obverse of a half daler with grooved edge, containing 4 x A F R S beneath a crown and inscription above 2 crossed arrows: of half daler: Silfmunt; in the centre, impression of reverse of half daler: inscription.
- Reverse
- large number of faint and partial impressions of stamps. Plåtmynt, half daler.
Identification
- Original title
- Plaatgeld van een halve daalder op naam van Adolf Frederik, koning van Zweden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-784-2
- Museum classification
- coin · halve daler silvermynt · plaatgeld
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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