Proof of toll paid

The Amstel, where it all began

A toll house with a barrier

Liege lords, vassals and farmers

The Iron Chapel in the Oude Kerk, where the charter chest holding the city's privileges stood

The Undertakers' Riot of 1696: Amsterdammers loot the house of Mayor Boreel in protest against a municipal funeral service and a tax on burials. The measures hurt the aansprekers, who went from door to door announcing deaths

A rural constable checks for dog tax, 1920. The dog cart was long a cheap alternative to transport by horse, so the government treated the dog tax as a transport tax

The wax seal of Count Floris V: on horseback, hunting, with a falcon on his left arm

Old map of Amsterdam and the surrounding Amstelland

Marinus van Reymerswale, The Calling of Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector before he followed Jesus

A declaration by the mayors of Amsterdam to all toll collectors that the bearer is a citizen of the city and therefore exempt from toll

A night cloak. At night, tax officers lay in the fields in thick woollen cloaks and sheepskin bags to catch smugglers in the act. The head of the post often cycled past to check they were not asleep