Taler?, emergency coin from Breisach, struck during the siege by the Swedes
Also known as: Taler?, noodmunt uit Breisach, geslagen tijdens het beleg door de Zweden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1633
Single-sided, lozenge-shaped silver emergency coin. Obverse: globus cruciger with numeral 1 in globe between two coats of arms, above coat of arms between year within circumscription.
Reverse: blank. Possibly a taler. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-279; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.7 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 27.66 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 4,7 cm x breedte 4,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 27,66 g height 4.7 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 27.66 g
- Measurements
- height 4.7 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 27.66 g
Design
- Obverse
- globus cruciger with numeral 1 in globe between two coats of arms, above coat of arms between year within circumscription.
- Reverse
- blank. Possibly a taler.
Identification
- Original title
- Taler?, noodmunt uit Breisach, geslagen tijdens het beleg door de Zweden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-279
- Museum classification
- siege coin · taler · coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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Research required
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