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In 1997, on the occasion of the upcoming 85th birthday of Marten Toonder, a fundraising campaign was started ("a gentleman deserves bronze") to obtain a bronze statue that will be unveiled in Den Bommel. Exclusive certificate that the donors received who made a minimal contribution ad. fl. 1.000,= in the deed "A gentleman deserves bronze". The certificate was numbered and registered. No. 1 was of course registered in the name of Marten Toonder, and no. 2 was registered in the name of Heer Olivier B. Bommel. These two certificates came into circulation at the time through an auction and are of course worth a multiple of the price below that applies to the "normal" certificates. From no. 3 they were given the name of the "ordinary people". On the scan of the certificate below, the name has of course been retouched away.
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