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Reclamation at Rotterdam, medal intended as proof for peat carriers, fillers, or tonners to allow peat to be imported from the newly reclaimed bogs
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Single-sided lead medal with a round upper and rectangular lower side, and a hole in it. Obverse: standing lion with a shield on its chest between the year within an inscription. Reverse: blank.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOntgronding te Rotterdam, penning bedoeld als bewijs voor turfdragers, -vullers of -tonners om turf in te mogen voeren uit de nieuw ontgronde venen. 1769. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.