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1/2 Stuiver Tin imitation

Issuer Java
Year 1811-1815
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering B 2 1 V E 9 (P) C S Corrupted and retrograde (mirrored) script of B 1/2 V E I C St.
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Reverse script Latin
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Additional information

Java's tin coinage of this period was produced under French-aligned Batavian and later British interregnum administration — the island fell to British forces under Stamford Raffles in 1811, who inherited a monetary mess and continued issuing low-denomination pieces simply to keep petty commerce functional. Tin was the only practical local metal; copper imports had collapsed under the Napoleonic Wars' disruption of Dutch supply chains.

The "imitation" designation is telling — these were explicitly modeled on earlier VOC-era issues rather than representing a new monetary policy.