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commemorative medal, Samuel Jacob Cohen Elion, 1853, minted, General: 7.5 x 0.7cm 75 x 7mm, Weight: 194.1g, figure, coat of arms sign, woman, man, Silver commemorative medal, minted on the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer, 1853. The obverse depicts a woman, Ceres, with a sickle in the right hand and a sheaf of corn in the left. On her chest she wears the coat of arms of Holland a shield with a climbing lion. Behind her is a fleeing stream god in the waves on the left and a steam pumping station on the right. Below this scene is the inscription N. PIENEMAN INV. S.C. ELION F. On the back is the inscription LACUS HARLEMENSIS SAECVLA AGRIS INSVLTANS ET SPOLIIS SEMPER AVCTVS TANDEM VI MACHINARVM PERDOMITVS RAPTA XVIII MILLIA JVGERVM HOLLANDIAE REDDIDIT OPVS AVCTORE GVILIELMO IXMILLIXMO AIX MDXI AIX MDXMIXXI AIX MDXI AIX MDIX. MDCCCLIII PERFECTVM, 1886.

commemorative medal, Samuel Jacob Cohen Elion, 1853, minted, General: 7.5 x 0.7cm 75 x 7mm, Weight: 194.1g, figure, coat of arms sign, woman, man, Silver commemorative medal, minted on the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer, 1853. The obverse depicts a woman, Ceres, with a sickle in the right hand and a sheaf of corn in the left. On her chest she wears the coat of arms of Holland a shield with a climbing lion. Behind her is a fleeing stream god in the waves on the left and a steam pumping station on the right. Below this scene is the inscription N. PIENEMAN INV. S.C. ELION F. On the back is the inscription LACUS HARLEMENSIS SAECVLA AGRIS INSVLTANS ET SPOLIIS SEMPER AVCTVS TANDEM VI MACHINARVM PERDOMITVS RAPTA XVIII MILLIA JVGERVM HOLLANDIAE REDDIDIT OPVS AVCTORE GVILIELMO IXMILLIXMO AIX MDXI AIX MDXMIXXI AIX MDXI AIX MDIX. MDCCCLIII PERFECTVM, 1886.
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commemorative medal, Samuel Jacob Cohen Elion, 1853, minted, General: 7.5 x 0.7cm 75 x 7mm, Weight: 194.1g, figure, coat of arms sign, woman, man, Silver commemorative medal, minted on the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer, 1853. The obverse depicts a woman, Ceres, with a sickle in the right hand and a sheaf of corn in the left. On her chest she wears the coat of arms of Holland a shield with a climbing lion. Behind her is a fleeing stream god in the waves on the left and a steam pumping station on the right. Below this scene is the inscription N. PIENEMAN INV. S.C. ELION F. On the back is the inscription LACUS HARLEMENSIS SAECVLA AGRIS INSVLTANS ET SPOLIIS SEMPER AVCTVS TANDEM VI MACHINARVM PERDOMITVS RAPTA XVIII MILLIA JVGERVM HOLLANDIAE REDDIDIT OPVS AVCTORE GVILIELMO IXMILLIXMO AIX MDXI AIX MDXMIXXI AIX MDXI AIX MDIX. MDCCCLIII PERFECTVM, 1886
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