Gildepenningen / Guild medals - The Chris Teulings Collection - Northern Netherlands - Amsterdam - Collegium Medicum - entrance medal Hortus Medicus - 1696/1828 (WK 30.3 / Dirks 1.11 / Minard 88) by Jacobus de Wijs - Obv. Aesculapius with snake staff in botanic garden / Rev. Amsterdam coat of arms between horns of plenty on pedestal with spade, on which engraved H. / DE VOC / 1828 - Brass cast 48 mm, 35.95 grams - VF - Ex. Auction WAG (Feb. 2008), lot 2190 -The mandate admission funds and year contribution to the Hortus in Amsterdam were abold in 1825. This medal, dated 1828, must that have been issued out of nostalgia rather than need.