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1 Ducat Zeeland Countermark
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (VOC) |
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| Year | 1753-1761 |
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| Value | 1 Dukaat (3.5) |
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| Obverse description | Standing armored knight facing right in full plate armor, holding an upright sword in his right hand and a bundle of arrows in his left, with a crowned shield at his side. The date 1753 is inscribed in the lower field flanking the knight's legs. A circular Zeeland VOC countermark, bearing the intertwined 'Z' monogram, is applied to the left field. The circular peripheral legend reads CONCORDIA RES PAR CRES ZEL, denoting the Zeeland provincial motto and mint authority. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONCORDIA RES PAR CRES ZEL 17 53 |
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The VOC's practice of countermarking Dutch Republic ducats for circulation in the East Indies was a pragmatic response to chronic coin shortages in the archipelago — Batavia could not reliably supply enough specie to keep trade moving. Zeeland-struck ducats were among the most heavily countermarked, reflecting that province's outsized role in VOC shipping during the mid-eighteenth century.
The specific date range here corresponds to a period of intensifying Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry in Asia, when the Company was simultaneously fighting liquidity problems at home and maintaining expensive garrison costs across its Indonesian holdings.