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1 Duit Utrecht
| Issuer | Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) |
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| Year | 1742-1792 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The crowned arms of Utrecht occupy the central field, depicted as a diagonally striped shield surmounted by an elaborate royal crown. The shield is supported on either side by a rampant lion passant, each rendered in fine relief with naturalistic detail. The composition rests upon a decorative foliate and scroll base, lending the design a baroque heraldic character. No peripheral legend is present, the entire field being devoted to the armorial achievement. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The VOC duit was conceived as a solution to a chronic small-change shortage across Dutch colonial settlements in Asia, but gold duiten occupied a peculiar corner of that system — struck not for everyday market transactions but largely to satisfy specific contractual obligations and local tributary arrangements where precious metal was demanded by custom. Utrecht's mint struck these across a remarkably long production window, with output tied directly to the Company's fluctuating commercial fortunes in the region.
By the later decades of this issue, the VOC itself was in terminal financial decline, lurching toward the 1799 dissolution that ended its charter entirely.