Four francs sixty centimes, emergency coin from Zara, struck during the siege by the Austrians, by the French at a weight of one ounce
Also known as: Vier francs zestig centimes, noodmunt uit Zara, geslagen tijdens het beleg door de Oostenrijkers, door de Fransen op een gewicht van een ons
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1813
Silver emergency coin. Obverse in diamond-shaped stamp: crowned eagle with thunderbolts in talons between inscriptions. Reverse in rectangular stamp, above: indication of weight; below: indication of value; on the edge three marks: MF, SP and SB. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-547; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4 cm x weight 29.76 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 4 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 29,76 g · diameter 4 cm x weight 29.76 g
- Measurements
- diameter 4 cm x weight 29.76 g
Identification
- Original title
- Vier francs zestig centimes, noodmunt uit Zara, geslagen tijdens het beleg door de Oostenrijkers, door de Fransen op een gewicht van een ons
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-547
- Museum classification
- siege coin · coin · vier francs zestig centimes
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