Two-Guilder Piece, Emergency Coin from Haarlem, Struck During the Siege
Also known as: Tweegulden, noodmunt uit Haarlem, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1573-06-14
Single-sided, lozenge-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: two stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: city coat of arms: inverted sword flanked by two stars, on the tip of the sword a cross in a cartouche between date within beaded rim; mint master mark: star and crescent moon.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-51; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.1 cm x width 3.9 cm x weight 18.91 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 4,1 cm x breedte 3,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 18,91 g height 4.1 cm x width 3.9 cm x weight 18.91 g
- Measurements
- height 4.1 cm x width 3.9 cm x weight 18.91 g
Design
- Obverse
- two stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: city coat of arms: inverted sword flanked by two stars, on the tip of the sword a cross in a cartouche between date within beaded rim; mint master mark: star and crescent moon.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Tweegulden, noodmunt uit Haarlem, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-51
- Museum classification
- coin · siege coin · tweegulden
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- Material
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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