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1 Duit Gelderland
| Issuer | Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) |
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| Year | 1731-1789 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central shield of Gelderland, divided vertically into two quarters, each bearing a rampant lion facing inward in high relief. The shield is surmounted by an ornate crown with floral and jewelled detailing. The circumferential legend IN DEO SP NOS is distributed around the field, reading from lower left to upper right, separated by the crowned shield. The coin is struck within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The VOC duit was the workhorse of small trade across the Indonesian archipelago, but a silver duit from Gelderland is a different animal from the copper issues that dominated everyday commerce. The Gelderland chamber of the VOC operated with considerable autonomy in its coinage decisions, and the silver composition here likely reflects a specific contractual or regional trade requirement rather than standard company-wide policy.
KM#50.1a distinguishes this from the far more common copper duit struck across the same decades-long span.