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To wander through the country without money, / Is like trading without goods. / Therefore, reader! take heed of the coin, / Where you can buy much
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 17 depictions of old Dutch coins, obverse and reverse. Above each depiction the name and value of the coin, below it a two-line verse. Numbered top right: G.
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Credit lineZonder geld door 't land te wandlen, / Is als zonder waaren, handlen. / Let dus, leezer! op de munt, / Daar gij veel voor koopen kunt. 1794 - 1804. Bouwer en de weduwe Johannes Ratelband, Johannes (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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