| Descripción del anverso |
The interlaced VOC monogram of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie occupies the central field, the letters V, O, and C conjoined in the characteristic cipher of the Dutch East India Company. The design is rendered in low relief on a plain, unadorned field. No surrounding legend or additional inscription is present. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
A stylised cowrie shell (cauri) depicted in relief at the centre of the plain field, shown in a naturalistic manner with the characteristic elongated oval form and central slit visible. The reverse bears no legend or additional inscription, the shell motif serving as the sole design element and reflecting the local monetary use of cowrie shells in Indian Ocean trade. |
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The VOC minted these small tin pieces in Cochin, on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India, where the Company held a fortified trading post from 1663. The bazaruk was a local unit of account, and the VOC adopted it wholesale rather than imposing Dutch denominations — a pragmatic concession to the existing market infrastructure of the Malabar spice trade.
Tin was sourced largely from VOC-controlled deposits in Bangka and the Malay Peninsula, making the coinage almost entirely self-supplied from Company territories.