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1 Duit
| Issuer | Societeit van Suriname |
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| Year | 1764 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a slender young tree or sapling with multiple broad, veined leaves branching symmetrically from a single upright stem, rising from a mound of short grass rendered in fine relief. The date 1764 is inscribed in the field, divided by the trunk of the tree with '17' to the left and '64' to the right. The overall composition is set against a plain field with no surrounding legend, giving the design a simple, naturalistic character typical of Dutch colonial copper coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Societeit van Suriname was one of several Dutch chartered trading companies granted rights over colonial territories, and its coinage for Suriname represents a fairly narrow window of private colonial monetary authority before the colony passed to direct Dutch state control. The 1764 duit circulated in a plantation economy almost entirely dependent on enslaved labor, where small copper coins facilitated transactions that larger silver denominations could not practically serve.
The KM#8.1 and KM#8.2 distinction reflects a die variety split — collectors should examine the reverse carefully before attribution.