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Without money to wander through the country / Is like without goods to trade. / Therefore, reader! heed the coin, / Whereof 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. 1805 - 1808. Johannes Bouwer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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