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Latin School of Gouda, Medal Awarded to Jan Couperus upon His Graduation

Also known as: Latijnse school van Gouda, penning uitgereikt aan Jan Couperus bij zijn promotie

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1772

Silver award medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions below pennant with inscription above decorative ornament and pennant with inscription. Reverse: inscription.

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2746; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique gild, engraving; measurements diameter 6.8 cm x weight 64.88 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
gilding (material), silver (metal)
Technique
gild, engraving
Measurements
diameter 6.8 cm x weight 64.88 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 6.8 cm x weight 64.88 g

Design

Obverse
crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions below pennant with inscription above decorative ornament and pennant with inscription.
Reverse
inscription.

Identification

Original title
Latijnse school van Gouda, penning uitgereikt aan Jan Couperus bij zijn promotie
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-1-2746
Museum classification
erepenning · promotiepenning

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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