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1/2 Duit - Willem I
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1814-1822 |
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| Thickness | 1.17 mm |
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| Reverse description | Three lines of incuse or raised Latin inscription reading 'INDIA' above 'BATAV', followed by the date below, all contained within the plain field without a border legend. A privy mark or mint mark appears at the top of the reverse field, identifying the issuing mint or assayer. The lettering is block-capital in style, characteristic of Dutch colonial copper coinage of the Batavian period under Willem I. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The half duit was the smallest practical denomination in the colonial currency hierarchy of the Dutch East Indies, and Willem I authorized its continued production largely because the existing copper coinage infrastructure in Batavia demanded it — small change was chronically short across the archipelago's markets. The KM#280 series spans three die varieties distinguished primarily by minor legend differences and the arrangement of the VOC-successor monogram, making attribution dependent on close die study rather than casual inspection.
Willem I had reclaimed the colony from British interregnum administration only in 1816, and these coppers were among the first regal issues to physically circulate as Dutch authority reasserted itself across Java.