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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1447699, member: 37479&quot;]</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Such a gate would not be practical to keep out the Spanish.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Amanda</span></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font>The name of the tower refers to the fact that it was used to mint coins in the 17th Century. In the Rampjaar (&quot;disastrous year&quot;) of 1672, when both England and France declared war on the Dutch Republic and French troops occupied much of the country, silver and gold could no longer be safely transported to Dordrecht and Enkhuizen (where coins were normally minted), so the guard house of the Munttoren was temporarily used to mint coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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