Nederland 5 cents (Woerden) 1834 

• 1834 
• Prison tokens 
• Strafgevangenis Woerden 
• 0,05 gulden 

House currency of the penal prison in Woerden. 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 minting of a "city letter" in the prison itself. Only in Woerden were coins (with the exception of the guilder) put into circulation without letter. These uniform coins came into use in 1834. 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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