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10 Gulden - Willem I Countermark
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1840 |
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| Currency | Java - Countermarked Coinage |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Dutch colonial authorities in Batavia periodically countermarked metropolitan Dutch coinage for circulation within the East Indies, a practice driven by chronic shortages of specie in the archipelago rather than any systematic monetary reform. The Willem I 10 Gulden was itself a short-lived type, struck only from 1818 to 1840 — the final year coinciding with the last issues before Willem I's abdication following the Belgian secession crisis.
The countermark application was done locally, which accounts for the variability in placement and depth seen across surviving examples.