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Dutch East India Company coinage

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During the 200 years of its existence, VOC issued large quantities and many different patterns of coins. Writers on the subject distinguish between the types produced in the Netherlands for the company and those issued by it locally in Asia. Both types often circulated together, but European coins
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gave the company officially recognised status and allowed it fulfill some functions usually reserved for a state. The company's charter allowed it to have its own military forces, make treaties, and coin its own money. It was given full powers to act between the
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in 1602 and was designed to replace a number of earlier Dutch trading companies. To prevent the constant infighting between rival companies, the Dutch
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are sometimes seen on these coins, either stamped by the company or by local private individuals. Foreign coins, including Japanese
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Coins were issued in the Netherlands during the mid-17th century and again from 1744 until its dissolution. Coins were struck in
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The locally produced coins in Asia display more variation and were produced in gold, silver and bronze.
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The Intra-Asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company during the Eighteenth Century
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were more common in some areas than others. Most coins issued for the company carried its distinctive
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which issued a considerable series of coinage in bronze, silver and gold for its territories in the
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The Coins of the Dutch East Indies: An Introduction to the Study of the Series
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or Surat rupees, were sometimes countermarked by the company for its own use.
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of the interlocked letters "VOC". The most common denominations were the
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Japanese government-issued currency in the Dutch East Indies
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doit
monogram
obverse
Holland
reverse
Dutch East India Company
Dutch
chartered company
Far East
Dutch East India Company
chartered company
States-General
Cape of Good Hope
Straits of Magellan
Cape Town
Batavia
monogram
Guilder
Ducatoon
Stiver
Doit
gold
silver
bronze
pewter
Holland
Utrecht
Zeeland
Gelderland

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