Thaler, emergency coin of Jülich, struck to pay the troops of Emperor Charles V who had taken the city the previous year without a fight.
Also known as: Taler, noodmunt van Gulik, geslagen voor het betalen van de troepen van keizer Karel V die de stad in het voorafgaande jaar zonder strijd hadden ingenomen.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1543
Uniface silver emergency coin struck on a thick irregular flan. Obverse: a stamp in a cartouche: rampant lion with sword in raised right paw between numerals 4 and 3.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-11; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.8 cm x width 3.7 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 29.13 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 3,8 cm (van hoek tot hoek) x breedte 3,7 cm x dikte 0,4 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 29,13 g height 3.8 cm x width 3.7 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 29.13 g
- Measurements
- height 3.8 cm x width 3.7 cm x thickness 0.4 cm x weight 29.13 g
Design
- Obverse
- a stamp in a cartouche: rampant lion with sword in raised right paw between numerals 4 and 3.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Taler, noodmunt van Gulik, geslagen voor het betalen van de troepen van keizer Karel V die de stad in het voorafgaande jaar zonder strijd hadden ingenomen.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-11
- Museum classification
- siege coin · coin · taler
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Catalogue references
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