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Municipal Presence Token - City of Haarlem
| Location | Dutch Republic |
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| Year | 1640 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Standing allegorical female figure representing Typographia, rays of light emanating from her head, holding a laurel wreath in her raised right hand and resting her left hand upon a printing press at right; to her left a stone pillar inscribed TYPOGRAPHIA in the field; letters S and C flank the scene at upper left and right respectively. Legend HARLEMUM appears in the exergue. |
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| Reverse description | A large sailing ship with a distinctive notched prow breaking a heavy chain stretched across a harbor entrance, flanked on each side by fortified towers flying Turkish flags and discharging arrows; the city motto VICIT VIM VIRTUS arcs along the upper legend. In the lower exergue, the crowned arms of the city of Haarlem are displayed, flanked by crossed weapons and decorative mantling. |
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| Mint | Dordrecht, Netherlands (1190-1806) |
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