Daalder, emergency coin from Groningen, struck during the siege (provided with a text about the siege of Groningen and the capture of Coevorden)
Also known as: Daalder, noodmunt uit Groningen, geslagen tijdens het beleg (voorzien van een tekst over het beleg van Groningen en 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 punch) between the denomination within a legend. Reverse: inscription "den 9 Iuly 1672 is groningen van de Ceulse en Munsterse Volkeren belegert en weder verlaten den 17 Aug: den 20 decembr.
1672 hebben de groningers Coeverd: Stormender handt verovert onder het Commando van Eybargen voor order van de Commandeur Rabenhaupt Als Stadt Holder van Groningen". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-354; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 4.8 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 28.64 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Dimensions
- hoogte 4,8 cm x breedte 4,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 28,64 g height 4.8 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 28.64 g
- Measurements
- height 4.8 cm x width 4.9 cm x weight 28.64 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms (small punch) between the denomination within a legend.
- Reverse
- inscription "den 9 Iuly 1672 is groningen van de Ceulse en Munsterse Volkeren belegert en weder verlaten den 17 Aug: den 20 decembr. 1672 hebben de groningers Coeverd: Stormender handt verovert onder het Commando van Eybargen voor order van de Commandeur Rabenhaupt Als Stadt Holder van Groningen".
Identification
- Original title
- Daalder, noodmunt uit Groningen, geslagen tijdens het beleg (voorzien van een tekst over het beleg van Groningen en de inname van Coevorden)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-354
- Museum classification
- thaler · siege coin · coin
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