City of Rotterdam, lead token with no. 940
Also known as: Stad Rotterdam, loodje met no. 940
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1859
Single-sided lead token with six spherical protrusions and a hole. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between date above numeral 940. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-134; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.5 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 10.22 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3.5 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 10.22 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.5 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 10.22 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms between date above numeral 940.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Rotterdam, loodje met no. 940
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-18-134
- 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
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