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1/2 Stuiver Tin imitation
| Issuer | Java |
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| Year | 1811-1815 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | AVAJ 3181 2 Retrograde (mirrored) script of JAVA 1813 Z |
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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.