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Issuing authority

British Administration of Java

Kind
colony
Region
Southeast Asia, Asia

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

9

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

9 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1811 – 1816

9 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Dutch East Indies during British administration, 1/2 stuiver Java, 1811, imitation from South Borneo

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Dutch East Indies during British administration, 1/2 stuiver Java, 1811, imitation from South Borneo

1811 - 1820

Copper coin. Obverse: imitation of: between denomination 1/2 St monogram of the English East India Company. Above it the letter b. Reverse: single-line inscription, below which the year. Above the inscription an imitated mint mark and below the year an imitated mint master mark. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds thi…

Documented

Partial type record

Dutch East Indies during British administration, duit Java, 1812

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Dutch East Indies during British administration, duit Java, 1812

1812

Copper coin. Obverse: monogram of the English East India Company. Above it the letter B [=British]. Reverse: one-line inscription, below which date. Above inscription mint mark and below date mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4810; its record gives…

Documented

Partial type record

½ silver rupee for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1813

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

½ silver rupee for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1813

1813

Silver coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Javanese with date indication in the bottom line. Above it, mint mark, and below it, mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert]. Reverse: five-line inscription in Arabic, containing the date in the Islamic era. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…

Documented

Partial type record

Dutch East Indies during British rule, ½ stuiver Java, 1813

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Dutch East Indies during British rule, ½ stuiver Java, 1813

1813

Copper coin. Obverse: between value indication ½ St, monogram of the English East India Company. Above it, letter B [=British]. Reverse: one-line inscription, with date below. Mint mark above the inscription and mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert] below the date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…

Documented

Partial type record

½ gold rupee for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1814

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

½ gold rupee for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1814

1814

Gold coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Javanese with the date on the bottom line. Above it, date in Christian era in Arabic numerals, and below it, mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert]. Reverse: five-line inscription in Arabic, containing the date in the Islamic era. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterd…

Documented

Partial type record

½ stuiver for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1814

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

½ stuiver for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1814

1814

Copper coin. Obverse: between value indication ½ St, monogram of the English East India Company. Above it, letter B [=British]. Reverse: one-line inscription, with date below. Mint mark above the inscription and mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert] below the date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…

Documented

Partial type record

Dutch East Indies during British administration, 1/2 stuiver Java, 1814, crude imitation from South Borneo

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Dutch East Indies during British administration, 1/2 stuiver Java, 1814, crude imitation from South Borneo

1814 - 1820

Copper coin. Obverse: imitation of: between value indication 1/2 St, monogram of the English East India Company. Above it the letter b. Reverse: one-line inscription, beneath which the year. Above the inscription an imitated mint mark and below the year an imitated mint master mark. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds…

Documented

Partial type record

Dutch East Indies during British rule, ½ gold rupee, 1815

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Dutch East Indies during British rule, ½ gold rupee, 1815

1815

Gold coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Javanese with the date on the bottom line. Above it, date in Christian era in Arabic numerals, and below it, mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert]. Reverse: five-line inscription in Arabic, containing the date in the Islamic era. Cable edge. Touch marks on the obver…

Documented

Partial type record

Silver rupee for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1816

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Silver rupee for the Dutch East Indies during British rule, 1816

1816

Silver coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Javanese with the date on the bottom line. Above it, mint mark, and below it, mint master mark Z [=mint master Zwekkert]. Reverse: five-line inscription in Arabic, containing the date in the Islamic era. Latin letter M on Arabic letter b of zarb. Cable edge. The Rijksm…

Documented

Partial type record

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Copper5
  • Gold2
  • Silver2

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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