Epidemic on Majorca, emergency coin of thirty sous
Also known as: Epidemie op Majorca, noodmunt van dertig sous
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1821
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: two stamps; diamond-shaped stamp: coat of arms of Palma de Mallorca; below in rectangular stamp: inscription. Reverse: field. Struck during an outbreak of yellow fever on the island of Majorca between 11 November and 31 December 1821, from confiscated church silver.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-560; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.2 cm x weight 16.93 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.2 cm x weight 16.93 g diameter 3,2 cm (onzeker) x gewicht (eigenschap) 16,93 g (onzeker)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.2 cm x weight 16.93 g
Design
- Obverse
- two stamps; diamond-shaped stamp: coat of arms of Palma de Mallorca; below in rectangular stamp: inscription.
- Reverse
- field. Struck during an outbreak of yellow fever on the island of Majorca between 11 November and 31 December 1821, from confiscated church silver.
Identification
- Original title
- Epidemie op Majorca, noodmunt van dertig sous
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-560
- Museum classification
- coin · dertig sous · siege coin
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- Material
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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