The Historian · Femke · Amsterdam
Munttoren
This stump remembers a siege. When the country was overrun, Amsterdam minted its own money right here and carried on.
A 1480 city-gate tower that struck coins when French troops cut Amsterdam off from the national mint in 1672. The name means 'Mint Tower.'
— Femke, The Historian
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