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Duit, 1626

Details

Period
Spanish Netherlands (1500–1713)
Material
Copper
Condition
Good
Denomination
Duit
Currency
Guilder, 1581-1795
Worth
1/160 Guilder
Year
1626
Issuer
Holland (Dutch Republic)
Reference
Numista
Location
Blauberg (Herselt)

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 1626, issued in Holland, in the Dutch Republic. Still clearly legible.

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