Bicentenary of the Founding of the Academy of Groningen, Medal Made by the Students out of Dissatisfaction with the Fact That No Money Was Available for a Real Commemorative Medal
Also known as: Tweede eeuwfeest van de stichting van de Academie van Groningen, penning vervaardigd door de studenten uit onvrede over het feit dat er geen geld beschikbaar was voor een echte gedenkpenning
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1814
Paper medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms within leaf wreath and circumscription; exergue: inscription. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3287; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 0.36 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 0.36 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 0.36 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms within leaf wreath and circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Tweede eeuwfeest van de stichting van de Academie van Groningen, penning vervaardigd door de studenten uit onvrede over het feit dat er geen geld beschikbaar was voor een echte gedenkpenning
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3287
- Museum classification
- satirical medal · history medal
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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