Daalder, emergency coin from Zierikzee, struck during the siege
Also known as: Daalder, noodmunt uit Zierikzee, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1576-02-28
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin from the siege of Zierikzee. Obverse: three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: States coat of arms: escutcheon within oval beaded border; city coat of arms: escutcheon in cartouche within beaded border; year in cartouche; decorative motifs in left and right corners; inscription on the border.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-111; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 5.6 cm x width 5.6 cm x weight 29.22 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
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- height 5.6 cm x width 5.6 cm x weight 29.22 g
Design
- Obverse
- three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: States coat of arms: escutcheon within oval beaded border; city coat of arms: escutcheon in cartouche within beaded border; year in cartouche; decorative motifs in left and right corners; inscription on the border.
- Reverse
- blank
Identification
- Original title
- Daalder, noodmunt uit Zierikzee, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-111
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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