Taler, emergency coin for the army of Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, struck shortly after the Treaty of Passau, possibly during the siege of Schweinfurt
Also known as: Taler, noodmunt voor het leger van markgraaf Albert van Brandenburg-Kulmbach, kort na het Verdrag van Passau geslagen, mogelijk tijdens de belegering van Schweinfurt.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1553
Single-sided, nearly diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: a rectangular stamp: eagle facing left in cartouche beneath letters A, M, Z, and B above date. Reverse: blank.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-17; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 5.1 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 26.75 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 5,1 cm x breedte 4,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 26,75 g height 5.1 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 26.75 g
- Measurements
- height 5.1 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 26.75 g
Design
- Obverse
- a rectangular stamp: eagle facing left in cartouche beneath letters A, M, Z, and B above date.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Taler, noodmunt voor het leger van markgraaf Albert van Brandenburg-Kulmbach, kort na het Verdrag van Passau geslagen, mogelijk tijdens de belegering van Schweinfurt.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-17
- Museum classification
- taler · coin · siege coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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