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Gouda Latin School, 1796

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Netherlands, 1796. Gilt silver. Diameter 67.1mm, 67.3 grams. Obverse: Ornate engraving of the arms of Gouda. Reverse: Inscription in 14 lines, "INGENUO OPTI-MAEQUE. SPEI. ADOLESCENTI ABRAHAMO VAN GELDER SCOLASTICO STADIO DECURSO, ET ORATIONE PUBLICE HABITA. J.A. VAN DER BURCH. J.J. SLICHER. J.R. TAKENS. V.DM. J.P. KEMPER. SCHOLAE. GAUDANAE. CURATORES. HOC. NUMISMA. RECTORE. J. VAN LAAR. EXAMINE. AESTIVO. MDCCXCVI." above a floral spray, all within a narrow ornate border.

According to Dr. Herbert J. Erlanger (Origin and Development of the European Prize Medal to the end of the XVIIIth Century, 1975, page 41), "The Latin School in Gouda, which was either organized or re-organized in 1573, commenced to give 'promotie penningen' in the XVIIth century. They are a fairly unusual type of school prize medal for a secondary school in that they bear the name of the recipient engraved on the reverse. The obverse uniformly has the arms of Gouuda. The earliest known date is 1677 and the last 1833. Of those known one was given in the XVIIth century and the rest thereafter. Almost certainly there are more than those that could be located by Van der Meer. Two such medals dated 1770 and 1772 are illustrated and described in the continuation of van Loon.

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