Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6871493
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
25 cent 1830-1859 Rijksgesticht Ommerschans
Year
1830
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
M.V.W 25. CT
Reverse
blanco
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
Number
430
Details

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. New coins of ½c, 1c, 5c, 10c (zinc), 15c, 25c, 50c and 100c (copper) were introduced in Veenhuizen in April or May 1841. These coins were provided with the letters MVW and the reverse V1 (founded 1), V2 (founded 2) or V3 (founded 3). After 1859 these coins were withdrawn from circulation.

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