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1/4 Gulden
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1802 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | MO ARG ORD FŒD BELG HOL (Moneta Argentea Ordinum Foederatorum Belgii Hollandia) 1/4 G (Translation: Silver coin of the States of the United Provinces of the Netherlands Holland. 1/4 Gulden) |
| Reverse description | A fully rigged three-masted VOC-style sailing ship depicted in left profile, its sails billowing, riding upon stylized waves within an inner circle. The circular legend 'INDIÆ BATAVORUM' arcs across the upper field, while the date '1802' appears prominently in the lower exergue area, enclosed in parentheses and flanked by foliate ornaments. The composition conveys the maritime commerce central to the Batavian Republic's colonial enterprise. |
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The 1802 quarter gulden in gold occupies an awkward administrative moment: the VOC had been formally dissolved on January 1, 1800, and its territories transferred to the Batavian Republic, yet coinage from this transitional period continued under institutional inertia rather than coherent monetary policy. The Batavian Republic itself was a French client state, making this issue a colonial coin struck under a puppet government that controlled neither its own foreign policy nor, effectively, its own treasury.
Scholt's attribution places this among the rarer transitional types. Gold issues from this specific year are considerably scarcer than their silver contemporaries.