Siege of Jülich by Albert, Archduke of Austria, emergency coin with the weight of a quarter rijksdaalder, made by countermarking a dicken of Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Also known as: Beleg van Gulik door Albrecht, aartshertog van Oostenrijk, noodmunt met het gewicht van een kwart rijksdaalder, gemaakt door een dicken van Johann Reinhard I, graaf van Hanau-Lichtenberg, te overstempelen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1621-09-05 - 1622-02-02
Uniface silver emergency coin. Obverse: six stamps: large stamp in the centre, five identical, smaller stamps around it; large stamp: monogram of the letters F and P, interrupting date and inscription; smaller stamps: monogram of the letters F and P, interrupting date and denomination; reverse: blank. Dicken. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-240; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), snipping; measurements diameter 3.4 cm x weight 6.46 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), snipping
- Dimensions
- diameter 3,4 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 6,46 g · diameter 3.4 cm x weight 6.46 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.4 cm x weight 6.46 g
Identification
- Original title
- Beleg van Gulik door Albrecht, aartshertog van Oostenrijk, noodmunt met het gewicht van een kwart rijksdaalder, gemaakt door een dicken van Johann Reinhard I, graaf van Hanau-Lichtenberg, te overstempelen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-240
- Museum classification
- siege coin · coin · dicken · kwart taler
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