The Dutch Obsidional Coins in Brazil 1645 - 1646 / Moedas Obsidionais Holandesas
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- Format : Hardcover
- Item Height : 9
- Item Length : 6
- Item Weight : 0.65
- Item Width : 6
- Number of Pages : 146
- Publication Name : The Dutch Obsidional Coins in Brazil 1645 to 1646
- Publication Year : 2021
- Subject : General
- Type : Textbook
Description:
As Moedas Obsidionais Holandesas no Brasil / The Dutch Obsidional Coins in Brazil 1645 to 1646
Portuguese Edition
by Cláudio M. Angelini (Author), Hilton A. Magri Lúcio (Author)
Language Portuguese and English bilingual
Hardcover
ISBN-13 9786500261363
Language: English/Portuguese
Pages 146
Illustrated throughout with photographic plates
São Paulo, 2021
Size approx 9.1 x 6.3 inches
Weight approx 0.62 lb
Standard reference on the Dutch obsidional coinage struck in Brazil during the siege years 1645 and 1646 under the Dutch West India Company. Published by the Banco Central do Brasil as part of its official numismatic research output.
Includes historical background of Dutch Brazil, the emergency conditions that led to obsidional issues, detailed descriptions of known gold and silver types, legends, denominations, striking methods, circulation, and rarity. Fully bilingual text makes this the principal international reference for Dutch Brazilian siege coinage.
Essential for collectors and researchers of Brazilian colonial coins, Dutch colonial issues, siege and emergency money, and seventeenth century Atlantic numismatics.