| Location | Dutch Republic |
| Year | 1659 |
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 78.46 g |
| Diameter | 62 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Notice | Pieter van Abeele |
| Reference(s) |
| Obverse description | Canal boat drawn to right by a horseman, in background view of Haarlem, below oval shield of arms of Haarlem with two lion supporters and with banners and weaponry around |
| Obverse lettering | VICIT
VIM VIRTVS / + Ao 1656 . 26 . 7br . IS DE TRECKVAART VAN HAERLEM OP
LEIDEN BEGONNEN . 1657 . Po . 9br . D . EERSTE SCHVIT
GEVAREN (Translation: Valor wins over force. The canal from Haarlem to Leiden was begun on 26 September 1656, and the first boat was able to travel on 1 November 1657) |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | Inscription in eleven lines, oak wreath bearing the names and arms of the four burgermeister surrounding. |
| Reverse lettering | MEMORIAM . / Viae . munitae . et
Fossae . / actae . ad . lintres . equo . / trahendos . in . usum .
publicu- / et . commodum . viantium . opus . / ducentibus . Hug .
et . Io . Steiniis / exigentibus . publice . IV viris . / Cor .
Guldewagio . G . Fabritio . / M. Steinio . F . Wouterio . / hunc .
nummum percussere / Consules . anni . 1659
1659: J. Loo, C. Guldewagen, M. Steyn and J.
Druyvesteyn. (Translation: As a memorial of a road made and a canal dug to be used for barges drawn by horses, all for public use and for the convenience of voyagers. The work was commenced by Hugo and Jan Stein, and directed by the four magistrates C. Guldewagen, G. Fabritius, M. Steyn, F. Wouters. The burgermeisters of the year 1659 had this medal struck) |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Engraver | |
| Mintage | 1659 - - |
| Catalog ID | 2632590840 |
| Comments |
