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2 1/2 Cents - Wilhelmina Pattern
| Issuer | Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The central field carries two lines of Jawi (Arabic-script Malay) text reading 'سڤرامڤت ڤوله روڤيه' (meaning '1/40 Gulden'), enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Surrounding the inner circle, a broad outer band bears a continuous legend in Javanese Hanacaraka script: 'ꦱꦥꦫꦥꦠꦁꦥꦸꦭꦸꦃ ꦫꦸꦥꦶꦪꦃ꧈', repeating the denomination in Javanese. A small rosette ornament appears at the top of the outer legend. The design reflects the bilingual Dutch colonial practice of rendering denominations in both the Malay and Javanese scripts for indigenous readability. |
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| Mintage | 1902 |
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This piece was struck as a pattern submission during the monetary reform discussions following Wilhelmina's accession in 1898, when the colonial administration was actively reconsidering the fractional coinage structure for the Dutch East Indies. A 2½-cent denomination in silver at this weight made little practical sense — the metal value would have quickly overwhelmed the face value in any realistic circulation scenario — and the denomination was never adopted. The fact that it survives at all owes more to the Dutch habit of preserving official pattern strikes in institutional collections than to any wide distribution.