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6 Florins Dutch West India Company, Recife Mint
| Issuer | Dutch West India Company (Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie) |
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| Year | 1645-1646 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Within a raised inner circle of evenly spaced pellets, the three-line inscription fills the central field entirely: ANNO on the first line, BRASIL on the second, and the date 1646 on the third, all struck in bold upright Roman capitals. The legend identifies the place of issue as Brazil and records the year of striking, serving as both a geographic and chronological declaration on this emergency klippe coinage. The plain field outside the beaded border shows the rough, hand-cut edges characteristic of klippe manufacture at the Recife mint under Dutch administration. |
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| Reverse lettering | ANNO BRASIL 1646 (Translation: Year; Brazil.) |
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The Recife mint operated for barely two years under Dutch West India Company authority, established as Portuguese forces closed in on what remained of Dutch Brazil. These florins were struck specifically to pay soldiers and Company employees as the colony collapsed — not as trade currency, but as emergency wage coinage for a losing garrison. By 1654, the Dutch had surrendered Recife entirely, ending the only significant European minting operation ever conducted in Brazil.
Surviving examples are genuinely rare by any measure. The mint's brief window and chaotic final circumstances mean production was limited and attrition high.