City of Amsterdam, lead token with no. 1971
Also known as: Stad Amsterdam, loodje met no. 1971
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1875
Uniface, oval lead token with a hole in it. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between date above number 1971. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-131; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3 cm x diameter 2.7 cm x weight 7.44 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 diameter 2.7 cm x weight 7.44 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3 cm x diameter 2.7 cm x weight 7.44 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms between date above number 1971.
- Reverse
- blank
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Amsterdam, loodje met no. 1971
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-18-131
- Museum classification
- belastingloodje · hondenbelastingloodje
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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