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Medal - Crafts - The Book Printer
| Location | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | High-relief depiction of a 17th-century printing workshop interior, struck after an etching by Jan Luyken and his son Caspar (first published 1694). In the foreground, a printer stands operating a large wooden screw press, while a second figure works at a compositing table in the background. The field is without legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | (none) |
| Reverse description | The reverse shows the medal as part of a set displayed in a wooden presentation box lined with red velvet, alongside eleven other tombac medallions each depicting a different Dutch craft or trade. No individual reverse design is discernible from this image. |
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