Waagdragersgilde van Amsterdam, begrafenispenning met no. 68 1618

This small, bronze, commemorative coin, or "funeral medal," was created by Dutch artist Hans Rogiers van Harelbeke in 1618. The medal features a depiction of the Waagdragersgilde van Amsterdam (the Weighmaster's Guild of Amsterdam), a powerful guild in the city. The imagery on the coin represents the guild's responsibilities for ensuring fair trade, weighing and measuring goods. The reverse shows the guild's emblem, a stylized, crowned shield with the number "68", likely signifying a member's rank. This small work of art is a valuable artifact for understanding 17th-century guild culture in Amsterdam.