City of Amsterdam, lead token with no. 550
Also known as: Stad Amsterdam, loodje met no. 550
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1897
Single-sided lead token on a suspension loop with rounded corners, concave sides, and a convex bottom. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between date above numeral 550.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-132-U; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.7 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 7.8 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
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3.7 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 7.8 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.7 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 7.8 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms between date above numeral 550.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Amsterdam, loodje met no. 550
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-18-132-U
- Museum classification
- hondenbelastingloodje · belastingloodje
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against numismatic (token) references.