50 cent 1834 Strafgevangenis Woerden 

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50 cent 1834 Strafgevangenis Woerden
50 cent 1834 Strafgevangenis Woerden
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2272783
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
50 cent 1834 Strafgevangenis Woerden
Type
Prison tokens (Prison money)
Publisher
Strafgevangenis Woerden
Value
0,50 gulden
Country
Netherlands
Year
1834
Collection / set
Prison money, Strafgevangenis Woerden
Material
Zinc
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
50 cents
Reverse
STRAF-GEVANGENIS, roosje, blanco centrum
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
28 mm
Number
480
Details

House currency of the penal prison in Woerden. This is a uniform coin, struck on 's Rijks Munt. There were 1 / 2c, 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c and 1 guilder coins. On the front, space was left in the middle for the minting of a "city letter" in the prison itself. Only in Woerden were coins (with the exception of the guilder) put into circulation without letter. These uniform coins came into use in 1834. The letters that are possible are: G = Gouda Criminal Prison; H = prison prison Hoorn; also with text horn; Italic L = House of Reclusion and Chastisement in Leeuwarden; L = House of military detention in Leiden; R = Criminal prison in Rotterdam.

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