Schoonhoven, a municipality in the province of South Holland, The Netherlands, where, during the Eighty Years’ War, square
tin emergency coins (emergency currency) were issued in 1575 for the troops inside the town during the brief Spanish siege.
In 1795, the town of Schoonhoven issued receipts. In Schoonhoven, as medals are produced, by G.J. van de Bergh Zilverwerken
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