The quarter stuiver issues of the 1820s were produced under the authority of the Nederlandsch-Indisch Bestuur following the formal restoration of Dutch colonial administration after the British interregnum of 1811–1816. The resumption of Dutch control required rapidly restoring a functional copper coinage for petty transactions across Java, where small-denomination coins circulated under intense pressure from a local economy that chewed through low-value pieces quickly.
The KM#Tn6 designation flags this as a token issue rather than a crown mint product — struck by or for the colonial administration rather than through the Utrecht or other metropolitan facilities.
The quarter stuiver issues of the 1820s were produced under the authority of the Nederlandsch-Indisch Bestuur following the formal restoration of Dutch colonial administration after the British interregnum of 1811–1816. The resumption of Dutch control required rapidly restoring a functional copper coinage for petty transactions across Java, where small-denomination coins circulated under intense pressure from a local economy that chewed through low-value pieces quickly.
The KM#Tn6 designation flags this as a token issue rather than a crown mint product — struck by or for the colonial administration rather than through the Utrecht or other metropolitan facilities.