City of Geneva, token good for soup
Also known as: Stad Geneve, loodje goed voor soep
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1848
Zinc decagonal token. Obverse: inscription within legend. Reverse: coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-153; its record gives material recorded as zinc; technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.4 cm x width 2.4 cm x weight 2.73 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
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- zinc
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 2.4 cm x width 2.4 cm x weight 2.73 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.4 cm x width 2.4 cm x weight 2.73 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription within legend.
- Reverse
- coat of arms within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Geneve, loodje goed voor soep
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-153
- Museum classification
- alms token
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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