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Launch of the ship 'De Hercules'
| Location | Dutch Republic |
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| Year | 1782 |
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| Weight | 66.13 g |
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| Obverse description | A broadside view of the 60-gun warship De Hercules in relief, depicted facing left on stylized waves. A curved legend arcs around the upper rim, while a rectangular tablet in the lower exergue contains a four-line inscription identifying the ship, its builder Jacobus Spaan, and the date 1782. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE HERCULES, OORLOG SCHIP VAN 60 STUKKEN. GEBOUWT VOOR DE ADMIRALIT. OP / DE MAZE:DOOR JACOBUS SPAAN / TE DORDRECHT / 1782. |
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| Reverse lettering | TOEN ENGLANTS HAAT . / DE NEDERLANDEN. / BESTONT DOLDRIFTIG / AAN TE RANDEN. / HEEFT SPAAN. / (GEHOLPEN DOOR ZYN ZOON.) / VOL IJVER VOOR HET / EERLIK LOON. / EEN HERKULES / UIT EIKEN HOUTEN / AAN EEN GEVOEGT, / MET IJZREN BOUTEN. / DEEZ: ZAL NU MET / ZYN STERKEN KNOTS, / DEN VIJANT SLAAN, / IN`T ZE-GEKLOTS: / EN DOEN ALS NEERLANTS / DONDERAREN, / DEN BRITSCHEN VLOEK / TEN AFGRONT VAREN. |
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