Counter token - American Voyages
Features
| Location |
region of West Friesland
(Dutch Republic)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1598 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 5.4 g |
| Diameter | 30.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 123713 |
| References | Dugniolle# 3434 Jean François Dugniolle. Le jeton historique des dix-sept provinces des Pays-Bas. Fr. Gobbaerts, Brussels, Belgium (4 volumes). Gerard van Loon, John Saunders (ed.), Hugo Vanhoudt (ed.); 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries Reprint. Saunders, Los Angeles, California, United States (4 volumes). Gerard van Loon. Medallic History of the Low Countries / Volume I: 1555-1602 (2 volumes). Charles Wyllys Betts. American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Arms of Frisia on crossed anchors
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SACRA ANCHORA CHRISTVS
PPP
Translation: Christ is our Holy Anchor I Fight for the Fatherland
Reverse
Seven-line reverse inscription comments on tales of returning navigators
Script: Latin
Lettering:
QVI NAVIGAT MARE NARRANT PERI CVLVM EIVS QVOD AVDIENTES AVRIB NOSTRIS ADMIRAMVR
(I)I)X(III
Comments
American Voyages. Bronze. 30.1 mm, 5.4 gm. Arms of Frisia on crossed anchors, Latin Christ is our Holy Anchor, letters PPP abbreviate Pugno pro Patria, I Fight for the Fatherland (still the motto of the Netherlands Navy). Seven-line reverse inscription comments on tales of returning navigators.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1598 | |||||||||||||||
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