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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
banknotes
Fire department in Amsterdam, emergency token of 25 cents
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 heigh…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Five stuivers, emergency coin from Amsterdam, struck after the siege
1578 - 1631
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: three stamps; from bottom to top: mint master's mark: firesteel, partially struck over second stamp: city coat of arms: crowned escutcheon, to the left part of the digit 5 still visible, to the right of 7 visible, to the right of crown: digit 0 v…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Forty stuivers, emergency coin from Amsterdam, struck during the siege from municipal silver
1578-01-05
Diamond-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: two stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: mintmaster's mark: soldering vase; city coat of arms: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions above year; to the left of crown letter X, to the right letter L within round beaded border. Reverse: insc…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten stuivers, emergency coin from Amsterdam, struck after the siege
1578 - 1631
Single-sided, diamond-shaped emergency coin with a hole in it. Obverse: three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: mintmaster mark [piece pierced at this point]: presumably letters P and G; city coat of arms: crowned shield, to the left part of the numeral 5 still visible, to the right of 7 visible, to th…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Twenty stuivers, emergency coin from Amsterdam, struck after the siege
1578 - 1631
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: mintmaster's mark: letters P and G; city coat of arms: crowned coat of arms, to the left part of numeral 5 still visible, to the right of 7 visible, to the right of crown: numeral 0 visible; year above two letters…
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