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1/4 Stuiver - Willem I
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1822-1836 |
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| Weight | 2.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the crowned Dutch lion rampant, holding a sword and bundle of arrows, set within a quartered escutcheon representing the States General arms. The shield is surmounted by a large royal crown with cross finial. The denomination is expressed in the field to either side of the shield, with '1/4' to the left and 'ST.' to the right. The entire design is surrounded by a continuous beaded border. Two varieties are recorded for this type. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1/4 ST. |
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Willem I authorized this fractional copper for the East Indies colonies in the early 1820s as part of a broader effort to rationalize the chaotic monetary situation inherited from the VOC's collapse and the subsequent brief British interregnum under Raffles. The stuiver denominations were essential for small transactions in the archipelago's market economy, where Spanish and Chinese coinages had long filled gaps that Dutch colonial administration had failed to address.
The fourteen-year production span across 1822–1836 reflects intermittent demand rather than continuous minting — output was shipped from the Netherlands as needed rather than struck locally.