Third centenary of the invention of printing

Silver medal. Obverse: Haarlem, depicted as a crowned woman, holds a fasces with three snake rings attached in her hand and performs a libation on a burning altar, behind her a palm tree, from which hang a crowned and four uncrowned coats of arms, in the background a view of the city of Haarlem on the river; in the foreground three genii playing with attributes of industries that play a role in the city within a legend; incuse: inscription. Reverse: Coster sitting on a tree stump in the forest, holding a printing letter in his hand, while Minerva with a wreathed spear sitting on a cloud, illuminates him with her light; in the foreground three genii play with a printing press and printing attributes; incuse: inscription.