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House coin of the workhouse in Amsterdam. By Royal Decree of February 11, 1823, the price of all that was to be sold in the canteens of prisons was to be paid in fictitious currency. That is why house coins were introduced from 1824. In a royal decree of 23 May 1861, the use of the fictitious coins in prisons was again prohibited from 1 July 1861. There are coins of 1 / 2c, 1c, 5c, 10c and 50c from the Werkhuis in Amsterdam. This 50 cent house coin is made in the De Heus factory or the workhouse itself. The lower values are all made in the workhouse itself. Because several forgeries were discovered after the introduction, they are stamped with 1827 and VG (the initials of Dirk Jakob van Grutting, the attendant / leader of the work facility). The coins therefore also occur without stamping and are usually forgeries from the period. On December 27, 1837, everything had to be exchanged again. Coins were produced for 1000 guilders, stamped for 765.685 cents in 1827 and then replenished to 800 guilders. In 1837, 776.50 was returned.
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