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Society of beneficence: Mainly to prevent the purchase of spirits, their own money has been introduced since 1822 in the various asylums of the association "Society of beneficence". The first coins were made in the colonies themselves, from 1837 onwards, coins like this were struck for all colonies at the same time at the firm G. van Maanen. In December 1842 the new coins of ½c, 1c, 5c, 10c (zinc), 25c, 50c and 100c (copper) were introduced in the "Ordinary Colonies" Frederiksoord, Wilhelminaoord and Willemsoord. These coins were provided with the letters MVW (Maatschappij Van Weldadigheid) and the reverse GK (Ordinary Colonies) After 1859 these coins were withdrawn from circulation.
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