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| Issuer | Dutch East Indies Mint (Utrecht) |
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| Year | 1910-1930 |
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| Value | ¼ Gulden |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1910 - 6,000,000 1910 - Proof 1911 - 4,000,000 1911 - Proof 1912 - 10,000,000 1912 - Proof 1913 - 6,000,000 1914 - 10,000,000 1915 - 6,000,000 1917 - 12,000,000 1919 - 6,000,000 1920 - 20,000,000 1921 - 24,000,000 1929 - 5,000,000 1930 - 7,000,000 1930 - Proof |
| Additional information |
The reduced-fineness .720 silver formula adopted for these fractional colonial issues reflected a deliberate Dutch policy shift after 1900 to cut bullion costs on denominations destined for Indonesian markets, where coin-melting for jewelry and trade silver was endemic. The smaller module introduced around this period was itself a response to earlier weight manipulation — clipping and filing had been widespread enough on the larger type to push the colonial treasury toward a physically harder-to-abuse size.
Utrecht's mint mark and mintmaster privy marks on these pieces changed across the two-decade run, giving collectors a precise chronological framework the year date alone does not provide.