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City of The Hague, lead token with no. 2520

Also known as: Stad 's-Gravenhage, loodje met no. 2520

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1892

Uniface lead token with six round lobes, with a hole in it on a suspension ring. Obverse: standing stork between year above number no. 2520. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-174-C; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.6 cm x width 2.5 cm x weight 9.4 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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Physical characteristics

Material
brass (alloy)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
height 2.6 cm x width 2.5 cm x weight 9.4 g
Dimensions museum
height 2.6 cm x width 2.5 cm x weight 9.4 g

Design

Obverse
standing stork between year above number no. 2520.
Reverse
blank

Identification

Original title
Stad 's-Gravenhage, loodje met no. 2520
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-18-174-C
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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