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House currency of the Leeuwarden penal prison. This is a uniform coin, struck on 's Rijks Munt. There were 1 / 2c, 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c and 1 guilder coins. On the front, space was left in the middle for the striking in the prison of a "city letter", in this case the italic L van Leeuwarden. Only in Woerden were coins (with the exception of the guilder) put into circulation without letter. These uniform coins were put into use in 1834, but not until 1847 in Leeuwarden. The letters that are possible are: G = Gouda Criminal Prison; H = prison prison Hoorn; also with text horn; Italic L = House of Reclusion and Chastisement in Leeuwarden; L = House of military detention in Leiden; R = Criminal prison in Rotterdam.
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