United Amsterdam Company, silver coin replacing the Spanish double real
Also known as: Verenigde Amsterdamse Compagnie, zilveren munt ter vervanging van de Spaanse dubbele reaal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1601
Coin replacing the Spanish 2 reales. Due to a shortage of sufficient minted metal in the form of Spanish reales, the company received permission from the States of Holland in 1600 to have substitute coins struck. On the condition that the coins were not put into circulation in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-545; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 6.76 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
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3 cm x weight 6.76 g · diameter 3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 6,76 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3 cm x weight 6.76 g
Identification
- Original title
- Verenigde Amsterdamse Compagnie, zilveren munt ter vervanging van de Spaanse dubbele reaal
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-545
- Museum classification
- dubbele reaal · coin
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- Issue or mint date
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