Taler, emergency coin from Münster, struck during the siege by Christoph Bernhard von Galen, to pay the mercenaries defending the city
Also known as: taler, noodmunt uit Munster, geslagen tijdens het belegdoor Christoph Bernard van Galen, ter betaling van de huurlingen die de stad verdedigden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1660
Single-sided, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: in a round stamp: coat of arms in an ornamented cartouche within an inscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-339; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.6 cm x width 4.6 cm x weight 28.27 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
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- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- height 4.6 cm x width 4.6 cm x weight 28.27 g hoogte 4,6 cm x breedte 4,6 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 28,27 g
- Measurements
- height 4.6 cm x width 4.6 cm x weight 28.27 g
Design
- Obverse
- in a round stamp: coat of arms in an ornamented cartouche within an inscription.
- Reverse
- blank
Identification
- Original title
- taler, noodmunt uit Munster, geslagen tijdens het belegdoor Christoph Bernard van Galen, ter betaling van de huurlingen die de stad verdedigden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-339
- Museum classification
- coin · siege coin · taler
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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