1/2 cent of William I, 1828
Details
What could it buy?
In 1819 a worker in the Netherlands usually earned between 40 cents and 1 guilder a day: 80 to 200 of these coins. A white loaf took about 40 of them around 1820.
Approximate, in the prices and wages of the time.
The story
1/2 cent from 1828, issued in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands under William I. So worn that the inscriptions are illegible.
