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Medal with depiction of a farm wagon

Also known as: Penning met afbeelding van boerenwagen

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1650 - c. 1850

Single-sided copper medal with a hole. Obverse: farm cart moving left, pulled by two horses; on the cart: a man wearing a hat with a whip in his hand, within a beaded border.

Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-100-A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 28 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
copper (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
diameter 2.4 cm x weight 28 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 2.4 cm x weight 28 g

Design

Obverse
farm cart moving left, pulled by two horses; on the cart: a man wearing a hat with a whip in his hand, within a beaded border.
Reverse
blank.

Identification

Original title
Penning met afbeelding van boerenwagen
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-20-100-A
Museum classification
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.

Research required

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