Daalder, emergency coin from Middelburg, struck during the siege
Also known as: Daalder, noodmunt uit Middelburg, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1572-12-20
Lozenge-shaped emergency coin with suspension loop. Obverse: three stamps: inscription in circular beaded border; left State coat of arms, right: city coat of arms.
Reverse: inscription: "Doen ick was gheslegen was middelburch belegen so datter 'tvolck at van hongers wegen paerden honden huen duer noot katten ratten ende lynsaet wafelen tot broot" above crowned coat of arms and house mark surmounted by twice the letter L. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-34; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 5.2 cm x width 4.7 cm x weight 27.41 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), engraving
- Measurements
- height 5.2 cm x width 4.7 cm x weight 27.41 g
Design
- Obverse
- three stamps: inscription in circular beaded border; left State coat of arms, right: city coat of arms.
- Reverse
- inscription: "Doen ick was gheslegen was middelburch belegen so datter 'tvolck at van hongers wegen paerden honden huen duer noot katten ratten ende lynsaet wafelen tot broot" above crowned coat of arms and house mark surmounted by twice the letter L
Identification
- Original title
- Daalder, noodmunt uit Middelburg, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-34
- Museum classification
- coin
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