Sixty stuivers, emergency coin from Breda, struck during the siege by Spinola
Also known as: Zestig stuiver, noodmunt uit Breda, geslagen tijdens het beleg door Spinola
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1625-01
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin of Breda. Obverse: five stamps: one large in round beaded border, around it four countermarks; central stamp: crowned lion with sword and bundle of arrows in hands within legend; around it four countermarks: top: number 60, right: city coat of arms: three saltires, bottom: rose and left: small horn.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-267; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.5 cm x width 4.4 cm x weight 15.4 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)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 4,5 cm x breedte 4,4 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 15,4 g · height 4.5 cm x width 4.4 cm x weight 15.4 g
- Measurements
- height 4.5 cm x width 4.4 cm x weight 15.4 g
Design
- Obverse
- five stamps: one large in round beaded border, around it four countermarks; central stamp: crowned lion with sword and bundle of arrows in hands within legend; around it four countermarks: top: number 60, right: city coat of arms: three saltires, bottom: rose and left: small horn.
- Reverse
- blank
Identification
- Original title
- Zestig stuiver, noodmunt uit Breda, geslagen tijdens het beleg door Spinola
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-267
- Museum classification
- zestig stuiver · coin · siege coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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Catalogue references
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