| Stevin bought a house at the Raamstraat in The Hague in 1612 for 3800 Dutch guilders. |
| Men would turn up with holdalls and shoeboxes piled with notes and turn them into Dutch guilders, Deutschmarks or, latterly, euros. |
| As a result of mismanagement, debts of 110 million guilders had been run up and these were taken on by the Dutch state. |
| I would ask people to empty out pots and purses, and gather francs, marks, guilders, pesetas and punts and put them to work to help local people. |
| Francs, Deutschmarks, guilders, punts, drachmas and pesetas will all have gone by the end of February. |
| Men would turn up with hold-alls and shoeboxes piled with notes and turn them into Dutch guilders, Deutschmarks or, latterly, euros. |
