Inauguration of the new city hall in Amsterdam; Silver Medal. Front: Mercury with staff and freedom hat above new town hall; in foreground Amphion playing on a lyre inside border with inscription and crowned coat of arms. Reverse: Amsterdam virgin with emperor crown sitting in the garden between two lions; each of whom is hiding three coats of arms; in the background a view of Amsterdam on the IJ; above that three little angels with streamers and trumpets lit by celestial light; within edge of sixty coats of arms; Amsterdam; Juriaen Pool (I); 1655; silver (metal); striking (metalworking); d 7 cm x w 96.14 gr