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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
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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

anonymous · 1769 · casting; lead (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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 description
Credit 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.

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