Beginning of the year 1762, Silver Medal. Front: genius tries to put a statue of Peace with olive branch in hand on a column to which a coat of arms with double-headed crowned eagle is attached. At the base of the column two coats of arms and an anchor within a circle, cut: year. Reverse: Mercury with winged hat, staff and olive branch sitting among merchandise, next to him a Dutch lion with a freedom hat and an orange branch wrapped in a bundle of arrows on a lance, at his feet horn of abundance and herring barrels, in the background the herring tube and ships at sea within the scope, cut off
Beginning of the year 1762, Silver Medal. Front: genius tries to put a statue of Peace with olive branch in hand on a column to which a coat of arms with double-headed crowned eagle is attached. At the base of the column two coats of arms and an anchor within a circle, cut: year. Reverse: Mercury with winged hat, staff and olive branch sitting among merchandise, next to him a Dutch lion with a freedom hat and an orange branch wrapped in a bundle of arrows on a lance, at his feet horn of abundance and herring barrels, in the background the herring tube and ships at sea within the scope, cut off: inscription, Red Indians, American Indians, (story of) Mercury (Hermes), Johan George Holtzhey, Amsterdam, 1762, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d cm × w gr
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