Commemorative medal on the second centenary of the relief of groningen (1862) obverse: the standing groningen city virgin, with a vane over the city coat of arms in her left hand. She stretches the other over a cushion with the keys to the stay, lying on a pedestal with the city coat of arms on the front. Behind the city virgin lies the dutch lion. Caption: safe under my care. In the cut: groningen constant 1672. Signature: j. H. Egenberger inv. J. P. Menger f. Reverse: a monument with the bust of rabenhaupt. Banners and cannons on the left and right. Signature: j. P. M. Menger f
literature: l. W. A. Besier (1895) "the stamp cutters of the rijks munt in utrecht in the last 50 years", journal of the dutch society of mint and penning science, 2nd volume, 1894. Amsterdam: g. Theod. Bomb and son. Date: 1862.
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