Forty stuivers, emergency coin from Amsterdam, struck during the siege from municipal silver
Also known as: Veertig stuiver, noodmunt uit Amsterdam, geslagen tijdens het beleg uit het stedelijke zilver
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1578-01-05
Diamond-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: two stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: mintmaster's mark: soldering vase; city coat of arms: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above year; to the left of crown letter X, to the right letter L within round beaded border. Reverse: inscription within laurel wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-133; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.7 cm x width 4.6 cm x weight 26.85 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 4,7 cm x breedte 4,6 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 26,85 g · height 4.7 cm x width 4.6 cm x weight 26.85 g
- Measurements
- height 4.7 cm x width 4.6 cm x weight 26.85 g
Design
- Obverse
- two stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: mintmaster's mark: soldering vase; city coat of arms: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above year; to the left of crown letter X, to the right letter L within round beaded border.
- Reverse
- inscription within laurel wreath
Identification
- Original title
- Veertig stuiver, noodmunt uit Amsterdam, geslagen tijdens het beleg uit het stedelijke zilver
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-133
- Museum classification
- veertig stuiver · coin · siege coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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