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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 description | Crudely rendered central field featuring a large crowned shield or heart-shaped cartouche containing a broadly incised 'V' or monogram device, characteristic of a naive local imitation of the Batavian Republic or VOC stuiver type. Surrounding the central device are scattered retrograde and corrupted Latin characters, including elements readable as 'B', '2', '1', 'V', 'E', 'C', 'S', and 'P', all drawn in a degenerate, mirror-reversed script reflecting the illiteracy of the die-cutter. The rim is formed by an irregular series of radiating notches or denticles pressed into the soft tin planchet. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a flat, worn field bearing two lines of large, crudely incised retrograde Latin characters reading 'AVAJ' (the mirror image of 'JAVA') in the upper register and '3181' followed by '2' (the retrograde rendering of '1813 Z') in the lower register. The lettering is deeply but irregularly cut, consistent with unskilled local die production. The rim repeats the radiating denticle pattern seen on the obverse, and the overall surface shows the coarse texture typical of a hand-cast tin piece. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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