1000 Gulden Netherlands note (1972)
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BARUCH DE SPINOZA
1632 – 1677
Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher from a Sephardi family originating in Portugal. His radical ideas brought him into conflict with the Jewish Community of Amsterdam and he was excommunicated in 1656.
His philosophical works assured him a lasting fame and he was shown on the banknote of the Netherlands in 1972.