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50 Rijksdaalder
| Issuer | Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) |
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| Year | 1805 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | Letta. E. Numo. 205 Goed voor 50: Ryksdaalders of 30: gecartelde Ducatons. Wy ondergeteekende Certificeeren, dat toonder dezes, by de Oost-Indische Compagnie te goed heeft, 50: Ryksd: (Zegge) Vyftig Ryksdaalders van 48. zwaare stuivers ieder, of wel, 30: (Zegge) Dertig nieuwe gecartelde Ducatonnen van 80. stuivers ieder. Zynde deze gangbaar, te Amboina, Banda en Ternaten, zonder eenige Korting; en zal deze te Batavia by vertooning worden uitbetaald in klinkende Muntspecien, zonder eenige korting. Amboina in het Kasteel Victoria, den 30. April 1805. Gezein Rds. 50: of Duc. 30. |
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| Reverse lettering | VOC 50 |
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By 1805, the VOC had been legally dissolved for five years — the Batavian Republic formally wound up the company on 1 January 1800, assuming its colossal debts along with its territorial possessions. Notes issued under the VOC name after that date represent the administrative tail end of the liquidation, produced by colonial officials still operating under old institutional frameworks rather than by any functioning trading company.
Amboina-printed issues from this period are among the rarest of all VOC paper — the Moluccan outposts were isolated, the print runs small, and survival rates are exceptionally low. The handstamp was applied locally as a validation or reissue mark, a practice common in colonial outposts where central banking controls were effectively absent.