Fire department in Amsterdam, emergency token of 25 cents
Also known as: Brandwezen te Amsterdam, hulpmunt van 25 cent
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Rectangular paper emergency token with bevelled corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above an inscription. Reverse: inscription. Emergency token.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-9-909-M; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique printing; measurements height 4.3 cm x width 6.9 cm x weight 0.44 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
- paper
- Technique
- printing
- Measurements
- height 4.3 cm x width 6.9 cm x weight 0.44 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above an inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription. Emergency token.
Identification
- Original title
- Brandwezen te Amsterdam, hulpmunt van 25 cent
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-9-909-M
- Museum classification
- bank notes · vijfentwintig cent · waardepapier
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Catalogue references
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