Dutch East India Company

Kind

company

Region

South 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.

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

VOC, ½ guilder, West Friesland, 1787

1787

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value indication X St., below which is a cartouche containing the monogram of the VOC. Year at the end of the legend. Reverse: Dutch Maiden with spear topped with liberty cap, leaning on a Bible on an altar. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds t…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

VOC, three guilders, Zeeland, 1789

1789

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value indication 3 Gl., below which is a cartouche containing the monogram of the VOC. Reverse: Dutch Maiden with spear topped with liberty cap, leaning on a Bible on an altar. Year in exergue. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Ceylon, stuiver, 179[?]

1790 - 1795

Copper coin. Obverse: VOC monogram, above which is the letter C. Reverse: single-line inscription: denomination indication stuiver, above which is I and below which is a partially visible year. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4033; its record gives material recorded as copper (…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Copper duit, VOC coin from 1790

before 1790

Small copper coin. Obverse: the VOC emblem (VOC monogram), below it the date 1790. Reverse: crowned coat of arms supported by two lions. The small coin is contained in a square envelope with an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-460-36; its record gives material recorded as copper (meta…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Copper VOC coin from 1790

voor 1790

Small copper coin. Obverse: the VOC emblem (intertwined letters VOC), below it the year 1790. Reverse: crowned coat of arms supported by two lions. The small coin is kept in a small square envelope with an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-460-35; its record gives material recorded as…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

½ guilder of the VOC from Zeeland, 1791

1791

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value indication X ST., below which is a cartouche containing the monogram of the VOC. Year above crown. Reverse: Dutch Maiden with spear topped with liberty cap, leaning on a Bible on an altar. Mintmark in exergue. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Guilder of the VOC from Zeeland, 1791

1791

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned Generality coat of arms between value indication I Gl., below which is a cartouche containing the monogram of the VOC. Reverse: Dutch Maiden with spear topped with liberty cap, leaning on a Bible on an altar. Year in exergue. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Stuiver of Ceylon, 1792

1792

Copper coin. Obverse: VOC monogram, above which is the letter C. Reverse: single-line inscription: denomination indication stuiver, above which is I and below which is the year. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4035; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); techniqu…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Silver striking of a ½ duit of the VOC from the city of Utrecht, 1794

1794

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned curved coat of arms of the city of Utrecht. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which mint mark and below which date. Cable edge. Note: flan pierced. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4648; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Gold rupee of the VOC from Java, 1797

1797

Gold coin. Obverse: two-line inscription in Arabic characters. Above it the mint master's mark and below it a double-lined bar, beneath which is the year within ornamentation. Reverse: three-line inscription in Arabic characters. Above and below it a rope knot. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this obje…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

1/2 VOC copper stuiver

c. 1800 - 1900

Copper 1/2 stuiver of the VOC from the Dutch East Indies, probably from 18.6. Obverse: inscription. Reverse: a crowned coat of arms with a lion within it, and to its left is 1/2, to its right are the letters St. The coin is in a small square envelope with an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object…

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