Merchants token - Merchants' or peddlers' guild Dordrecht
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Features
| Location |
Dutch Republic
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Membership medals |
| Year | 1745 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 11.9 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 342790 |
| References | LMVH# 164 Louis Minard-van Hoorebeke. Description de méreaux et jetons de présence, etc. des gildes et corps de métiers, églises, etc.. I. S. van Doosselaere, Gent, Belgium (3 volumes). |
Obverse
Coat of arms of the city of Dordrecht in a scroll design.
Reverse
Scale with the year 1745 above. Inscription: 'COOMANS GILDE'.
Script: Latin
Edge
Plain
Comments
References: Minard II.164, Dirks XXXVII,2, Wittop King 3.1
In the 17th and 18th centuries, economic activity in Dordrecht was only permitted if you were a member of the Groot Koopmansgilde. Members of this guild received a medal like this one as proof of membership.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, economic activity in Dordrecht was only permitted if you were a member of the Groot Koopmansgilde. Members of this guild received a medal like this one as proof of membership.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1745 | |||||||||||||||
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