Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2272747
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
5 cents 1823 Correctiehuis St. Bernard
Year
1823
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
Correctie huis St. Bernard
Reverse
5 CENTS
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
21 mm
Number
Dupriez 74
Details

Prison money from the correction house St. Bernardus in Hemiksem (now Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands) The correction house was in the old Saint Bernard Abbey of Hemiksem from 1821 to 1867. This coin was in use in the period 1823-1833. In 1833 these coins were withdrawn from circulation and replaced with uniform "monnaie fictive" coins. Thirion-Bingen 102

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