Medal Commemorating the International Colonial and Trade Exhibition, Amsterdam Artist: Antoine Fisch (Belgian, 1827–1892)
Manufacturer: H.C. Valentine and Company

1883

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Gilt Bronze

Dimensions

47.79 g, 12:00, 50.3 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.29660

Geography

Made in The Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: WILLEM III. KONING DER NEDERLANDEN HOOGE BESCHERMHEER VAN DE TENTOONSTELLING l. bust willem with crowned coat of arms with l. rampant lion weilding sword bottom l. and crowned coat of arms with three X in vertical line on vertically striped ground bottom l., banderole l. reading JE MANTIENTRAI and banderole r. reading AMSTERDAM

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: INTERNATIONALE KOLONIALE EN UITOERHANDEL TENTOONSTELLING AMSTERDAM 1883 / VALENTINE & COMPANY / NEW-YORK laureate woman center seated on cloud and holding trumpet in l. hand, crowning with laurels man seated l. holding torch in r. hand and looking up at her, grapevine growing far l., wheat bottom l., and pal fronds btotom r., radiant star below scrolled exergue
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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