Duit, 1776
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 1776, issued in Zeeland, in the Dutch Republic. Affected by corrosion.
