Beggars badge 1734
1734
The Antwerps Collegiale Actenboeck of the year 1734 contains the following record: 'Geordonneert te betaelen aen Franciscus Rapeil, coperslaeger, de somme van 9 gul. 11 st. eens, voor soo veel dat beloopt syne overleveringe van 444 copere medalien voor dese stadt ten behoeve van arme menschen' (Order to pay Franciscus Rapeil, coppersmith, the sum of 9 guilders 11 stivers once, for supplying the city with 444 copper medals for the benefit of the poor), see E. Dilis, Plaques de mendiants d'Anvers, in Revue belge de Numismatique, 71, 1929, p 46, footnote1.
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