Fifty stuivers, emergency coin from Aire, captured by the Allies, struck by order of Marquis Guébriant
Also known as: Vijftig stuiver, noodmunt uit Aire, door de bondgenoten ingenomen, geslagen op last van markgraaf Guebriant
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1709 - 1710
Uniface, octagonal silver emergency coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within legend and beaded rim. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-460; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.7 cm x width 2.8 cm x weight 14.42 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)
- Dimensions
- height 2.7 cm x width 2.8 cm x weight 14.42 g hoogte 2,7 cm x breedte 2,8 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 14,42 g
- Measurements
- height 2.7 cm x width 2.8 cm x weight 14.42 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms between year within legend and beaded rim.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Vijftig stuiver, noodmunt uit Aire, door de bondgenoten ingenomen, geslagen op last van markgraaf Guebriant
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-460
- Museum classification
- siege coin · vijftig stuiver · coin
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Catalogue references
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