Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Florijnen - Middelburg 1992
| Issuer | City of Middelburg |
|---|---|
| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Local coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A detailed three-quarter perspective view of the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) of Middelburg, a prominent Gothic religious edifice with a tall tower, occupies the central field within a raised inner circle. The curved legend '775 JAAR MIDDELBURG' arcs across the upper portion of the field, while the founding and commemorative dates '1217 - 1992' are inscribed in the lower field. The entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Middelburg issued this local token currency as part of a wave of municipal "local money" experiments that swept the Netherlands in the early 1990s, tied largely to urban heritage festivals and regional identity promotion following European integration pressures. The florijnen denomination deliberately invoked the pre-decimalization florin — the gulden's older name — giving the piece an air of civic antiquity it does not technically possess.