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2 Stuivers Hammered coinage
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1800-1803 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#207 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the four-digit date '1801' struck in large raised numerals across the centre of the flan, with the characteristic Roman numeral 'I' used in post-1800 issues as noted in the catalog. The date is framed above by a wreath-like ornamental element and below by a row of raised pellets, consistent with the rough hammered production style employed for this colonial copper series issued for circulation in Java. |
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| Mintage | 1800 - - 1801 - - 1802 - - 1803 - Roman I in date of post 1800 issues - |
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The VOC's copper coinage for its Asian territories was still being struck in the final years of the company's existence — a peculiar bureaucratic inertia given that the States-General had already nationalized the bankrupt organization in 1799. These pieces were produced under the Batavian Republic's authority but retained VOC imagery, the charter having legally expired yet the administrative machinery grinding on.
At 46 grams, this is an unusually heavy piece for a 2 stuiver denomination — a weight driven by the need to match local commodity value expectations in the Java trade rather than any metropolitan Dutch standard.