Duit, 1710-1793
Details
What could it buy?
Between 1650 and 1800 an unskilled labourer in Holland usually earned about 18 stuivers a day: 144 duits. A white loaf cost about 40 duits in 1800.
Approximate, in the prices and wages of the time.
The story
Duit from 1710-1793, issued in the city of Utrecht, in the Dutch Republic. Affected by corrosion.
