Brabants geld
Coins of Brabant - the Spanish Netherlands - were valid in Antwerp, Brussels, Doornik, Arras, Maastricht, 's Hertogenbosch. The pond Vlaams was, however, an accepted standard referred to from Brabant through the Netherlands up to Hamburg.
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Polskie pieniądze
In 1496 the Sejm approved the creation of a national currency. Its value was set at 30 Prague groschen, later converted to Polish grosz. The 30 grosz coin, złoty, became the Polish gulden. |
Source: Paritius
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