Opening of the coin box in Harderwijk and appointment of Martinus Holtzhey as the mint master of Gelderland, Golden Medal. Obverse: Gelderland, depicted as a crowned woman with a lance, sits under fruit-bearing orange tree, a dog at her feet, with her right arm she leans on an altar with olive branch, on the basis of a coat of arms within a cover, cut off: inscription. Reverse: woman with scales in hand leans on screw press, on the ground three horns of abundance within a cover, cut off: inscription, Kantschrift, Gelderland, Martin Holtzhey, Harderwijk, 1749, gold (metal), striking (metalworking), d 3.7 cm × w 31.30 gr
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