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2 Duiten 'Papegaaitje' Tree

Issuer Suriname
Year 1679
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Diameter 20 mm
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Obverse lettering 2 AN・1679
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Reverse description A stylized ornamental tree with symmetrically scrolling foliate branches springs from a short trunk, its roots rising from two undulating wavy lines representing water. The tree's canopy expands into four large curling fronds in a fleur-de-lis-like arrangement, filling the field. The entire design is enclosed within a border of short radial dashes or tick marks forming a partial inner circle near the rim. The execution is bold but rough, typical of the hammered copper coinage struck for early Dutch colonial Suriname.
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Mintage 1679
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