Medal with crowned letter C
Also known as: Penning met gekroonde letter C
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1650 - c. 1850
Single-sided brass medal. Obverse: crowned letter C. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-114; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.2 cm x weight 1.77 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 1.77 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 1.77 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned letter C.
- Reverse
- blank
Identification
- Original title
- Penning met gekroonde letter C
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-114
- Museum classification
- medal
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, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.