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Twenty kreuzer, emergency coin from Mantua, struck by General Gorkowski in honor of Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, during the siege
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Silver emergency coin. Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath to the right within legend. Reverse: coat of arms, carried by a crowned double-headed eagle with sword and orb in claws within legend.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTwintig kreuzer, noodmunt uit Mantua, geslagen door generaal Gorkowski ter ere van Ferdinand I, keizer van Oostenrijk, tijdens het beleg. 1848. Gorkowski. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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