Oudezijds Armhuis in Amsterdam, token that entitled the bearer to peat from the peat house during distribution
Also known as: Oudezijds Armhuis te Amsterdam, loodje dat bij uitdeling recht gaf op turf uit het turfhuis
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1698
Single-sided brass octagonal poor-relief token. Obverse: within round beaded border: monogram of letters O, A and H within circumscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-44; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3 cm x width 2.8 cm x weight 10.59 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3 cm x width 2.8 cm x weight 10.59 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3 cm x width 2.8 cm x weight 10.59 g
Design
- Obverse
- within round beaded border: monogram of letters O, A and H within circumscription.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Oudezijds Armhuis te Amsterdam, loodje dat bij uitdeling recht gaf op turf uit het turfhuis
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-44
- Museum classification
- alms token · turfloodje
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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