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1/2 Duit Utrecht
| Issuer | Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) |
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| Year | 1752-1793 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Interlaced VOC monogram of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie displayed prominently in the center of the field. A privy mark in the form of a small shield appears at the top, flanked by dots, identifying the Utrecht mint. The date of issue is inscribed in the exergue below the monogram. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The VOC half duit in gold was never intended for ordinary trade — the company minted gold fractions primarily to facilitate small-denomination transactions in specific regional markets where local custom or commodity pricing demanded precise specie. Utrecht's provincial mint struck these under VOC contract throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, a period when the Company's finances were deteriorating badly enough that its dividend payments were being funded by debt rather than profit. The VOC declared bankruptcy in 1799, just six years after the last of these was struck.