Shilling; twelve pence, emergency coin from Pontefract, from the siege by Oliver Cromwell
Also known as: Shilling; twaalf pence, noodmunt uit Pontefract, uit het beleg door Oliver Cromwell
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1648
Octagonal emergency coin with a hole in it. Obverse: in a circular punch: crown above letters C and R within circumscription and beaded rim. Reverse: castle with three towers; on the upper tower a flag between letters P and C; to the right of the castle an inscription, to the left the barrel of a cannon within circumscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-317; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.8 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 3.49 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)
- Measurements
- height 2.8 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 3.49 g
Design
- Obverse
- in a circular punch: crown above letters C and R within circumscription and beaded rim.
- Reverse
- castle with three towers; on the upper tower a flag between letters P and C; to the right of the castle an inscription, to the left the barrel of a cannon within circumscription
Identification
- Original title
- Shilling; twaalf pence, noodmunt uit Pontefract, uit het beleg door Oliver Cromwell
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-317
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Material
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