Siege of Jülich by Albert, Archduke of Austria, emergency coin with the weight of a quarter rijksdaalder, made from a quarter taler (ortstaler) of Johann II, Count of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Veldenz from Heidelberg
Also known as: Beleg van Gulik door Albrecht, aartshertog van Oostenrijk, noodmunt met het gewicht van een kwart rijksdaalder, vervaardigd uit een kwart taler (ortstaler) van Johann II, graaf van Palts-Zweibrücken-Veldenz uit Heidelberg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1621-09-05 - 1622-02-02
Uniface emergency coin, with a large crack on the upper right side. Obverse: one large stamp: monogram of letters F and P, interrupting year and inscription; rev.: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-241; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 7.7 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
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 7.7 g · diameter 3,6 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 7,7 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 7.7 g
Identification
- Original title
- Beleg van Gulik door Albrecht, aartshertog van Oostenrijk, noodmunt met het gewicht van een kwart rijksdaalder, vervaardigd uit een kwart taler (ortstaler) van Johann II, graaf van Palts-Zweibrücken-Veldenz uit Heidelberg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-241
- Museum classification
- coin · kwart taler · siege coin
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