Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (provided with an engraving)
Also known as: Daalder, noodmunt uit Groningen, geslagen tijdens het beleg (voorzien van een gravering)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1672
Lozenge-shaped emergency coin from Groningen, with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms (large punch) between the denomination within a legend. Reverse: two inscriptions separated from each other by a horizontal line "Groningen is Belegert den 9 July en Verlaten den 17 Augusty 1672" and "Coevorden is met Stormender Handt in Genomen den 20 Decemb Anno 1672".
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-350; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 4.6 cm x width 4.7 cm x weight 28.67 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Dimensions
- height 4.6 cm x width 4.7 cm x weight 28.67 g hoogte 4,6 cm x breedte 4,7 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 28,67 g
- Measurements
- height 4.6 cm x width 4.7 cm x weight 28.67 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms (large punch) between the denomination within a legend.
- Reverse
- two inscriptions separated from each other by a horizontal line "Groningen is Belegert den 9 July en Verlaten den 17 Augusty 1672" and "Coevorden is met Stormender Handt in Genomen den 20 Decemb Anno 1672".
Identification
- Original title
- Daalder, noodmunt uit Groningen, geslagen tijdens het beleg (voorzien van een gravering)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-350
- Museum classification
- coin · thaler · siege coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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