Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (with an inscription about the capture of Coevorden)
Also known as: Daalder, noodmunt uit Groningen, geslagen tijdens het beleg (voorzien van een tekst over de inname van Coevorden)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1672
Lozenge-shaped emergency coin of Groningen, with rounded corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms (small stamp) between denomination within legend. Reverse: inscription "door Rabenhaupt zijn wijse raadt En door Eibergens helden daadt Vier Sickingens van grote moet Clingh, Losecaet en Gruis t Voet hebben Coeverd: met klien magt dapper in een uir tijt Verkragt het Welck den bischop dapper spijt en groningen Opt hoogst Verblyt". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-351; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 4.8 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 28.17 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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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Dimensions
- hoogte 4,8 cm x breedte 4,8 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 28,17 g · height 4.8 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 28.17 g
- Measurements
- height 4.8 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 28.17 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms (small stamp) between denomination within legend.
- Reverse
- inscription "door Rabenhaupt zijn wijse raadt En door Eibergens helden daadt Vier Sickingens van grote moet Clingh, Losecaet en Gruis t Voet hebben Coeverd: met klien magt dapper in een uir tijt Verkragt het Welck den bischop dapper spijt en groningen Opt hoogst Verblyt"
Identification
- Original title
- Daalder, noodmunt uit Groningen, geslagen tijdens het beleg (voorzien van een tekst over de inname van Coevorden)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-351
- Museum classification
- thaler · coin · siege coin
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