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4 ¾ Stuiver
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1785 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse features the same crowned VOC monogram and denomination inscription as the obverse, a typical characteristic of these cast copper dump issues produced by the Dutch East India Company for Ceylon, where both faces carry essentially the same design elements including the chamber letter 'C' and the value '4 3/4 ST'. |
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The VOC's late-period copper coinage for its Asian territories was issued under mounting financial strain — by 1785 the Company was effectively insolvent, kept operational only through successive loans from the Dutch States-General. This particular denomination was struck for circulation in Ceylon, where the Company had maintained trading posts since wresting control from the Portuguese in the 1640s.
The unusual fractional denomination reflects local accounting practices rather than any Dutch monetary convention. VOC copper issues from this final decade are frequently found corroded or poorly struck, a direct consequence of deteriorating mint infrastructure as the Company's administration collapsed ahead of its 1799 dissolution.