Half daalder, emergency coin from Haarlem, struck during the siege
Also known as: Halve daalder, noodmunt uit Haarlem, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1572-12-21 - 1573-02-07
Uniface, rectangular emergency coin with chamfered corners. Obverse: three stamps above each other, and one to the right; from bottom to top: maker's mark: demi-lion; city coat of arms: inverted sword flanked by two stars, on the tip of the sword a cross; date; on the right a countermark: lion on a shield.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-48; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.4 cm x width 3.4 cm x thickness 0.3 cm x weight 14.14 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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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3.4 cm x width 3.4 cm x thickness 0.3 cm x weight 14.14 g
Design
- Obverse
- three stamps above each other, and one to the right; from bottom to top: maker's mark: demi-lion; city coat of arms: inverted sword flanked by two stars, on the tip of the sword a cross; date; on the right a countermark: lion on a shield.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Halve daalder, noodmunt uit Haarlem, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-48
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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