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Medal - Digging of the canal at Holland op zijn smalst
| Location | Netherlands |
| Year | 1862 |
| Type | Commemorative medals/Inauguration medal |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 148.40 g |
| Diameter | 64 mm |
| Thickness | 7 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Notice | |
| Reference(s) | Dirks#882 |
| Obverse description | Female personification handing out hand towards a laureate female figure holding wheat and laurel wreath, standing over a ship`s prow. |
| Obverse lettering | AMSTELS BLYDE TOEKOMST.
M.C.D.V.J. 1862
ONTWERP VAN WET AANGENOMEN // XIII DECEMBER //
MDCCCLXII. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | At center Hercules making his way through the sand dunes, to the right Mercure and Poseidon, to the left a female deity. |
| Reverse lettering | DOOR WETENSCHAP EN KRACHT TOT
VOORDEEL.
DOORGRAVING VAN HOLLAND // OP ZYN SMALST // M.C:DE VRIES J.INV.ET
FEC. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Engraver | |
| Mintage | 1862 - -
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| Catalog ID | 1331809890 |
| Comments | |
