Issuing authority
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch colonial administration issuing gulden coinage, notes and stamps.
- Kind
- colony
- Region
- Southeast Asia, Asia
- Recorded period
- 1800 – 1949
Succeeded by the Republic of Indonesia.
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.
Catalogue entries (64)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Double duit of the VOC in the name of the city of Utrecht with the year 1790
1840 - 1843
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht supported by two lions, standing on a bar, below which is a garland. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which is the mintmark star and below which is the fictitious year 1790. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4914…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Duit in the name of the VOC and the city of Utrecht with the year 1790
1840 - 1843
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht supported by two lions standing on a beam, under which a garland. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which mint mark star and below which fictitious year 1790. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4919; its record gi…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gulden of the Dutch East Indies, 1840
1840
Silver coin. Obverse: bust facing right. Reverse: between value indication 1 G, crowned national coat of arms. Below the coat of arms in a curved line, country designation: Nederlandsch Indië. Date above crown. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4959; its record gives material reco…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1/20 gulden of the Dutch East Indies, 1855
1855
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned national coat of arms between value indication 1/20 G. Country designation above crown and year below coat of arms. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, surrounded by a circumscription in Javanese. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
½ cent of the Dutch East Indies, 1855
1855
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned national coat of arms between year. Country designation above crown and value indication below coat of arms. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, surrounded by a circumscription in Javanese. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-49…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cent of the Dutch East Indies
1856
Copper cent. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between the date within an inscription. Reverse: value indication in Malay within an inscription: value indication in Javanese. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-14-8; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworkin…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1/4 gulden of the Dutch East Indies, 1857
1857
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned national coat of arms between value indication 1/4 G. Country designation above crown and year below coat of arms. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, surrounded by a circumscription in Javanese between seven radiating rays. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterda…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Dutch East Indies, 1/4 gulden, 1900
1900
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned national coat of arms between value indication 1/4 G. Above the crown, country name and below the coat of arms, year. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, surrounded by a legend in Javanese between seven radiating beams. Reeded edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, ho…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1/10 gulden of the Dutch East Indies, 1904
1904
Silver coin. Obverse: between value indication 1/10 G, crowned national coat of arms. Country designation above the crown and date below the coat of arms. Reverse: two-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, surrounded by a legend in Javanese. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
banknotes
Dutch-Indonesian ten guilder banknote
1930
Dutch-Indonesian ten-guilder banknote. Obverse: printed in green with inscription, value, and portrait in an oval frame. Reverse: printed in green and red, rectangular decorated border. In the centre, an illustration of a building surrounded by text in four languages. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
banknotes
Banknote of ten roepiah, issued by the Japanese government during the occupation of the Dutch East Indies
1940 - 1945
Banknote from the Dutch East Indies of ten roepiah. Obverse: printed in black and ochre with inscription. Decorated border with, in the centre, a seated man wearing headgear and with a dagger at his left side. Reverse: printed in purple with nearly identical figures sitting cross-legged on the left and right. The Ri…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Dutch East Indies, 1/4 gulden, 1942 S
1942
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned national coat of arms between value indication 1/4 G. Country designation above crown and year below coat of arms. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters, surrounded by a circumscription in Javanese between seven radiating rays. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterda…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Netherlands, 2½ guilders for the Dutch East Indies, 1943 D
1943
Silver coin. Obverse: head facing left. Reverse: between the denomination 2½ G, crowned national coat of arms. Palm tree coat of arms at lower left and letter D [=Denver] at lower right. Year at the bottom in the inscription. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5990; its record…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
2½ cents of the Dutch East Indies, 1945
1945
Copper coin. Obverse: between date, crowned national coat of arms. Country designation above crown and denomination below coat of arms. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic script and orthographic marks, surrounded by circumscription in Javanese. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object a…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cent of the Dutch East Indies, 1945
1945
Bronze coin. Obverse: ear of rice. As circumscription, country designation and year with value indication 1 Ct. at the bottom. Reverse: two-line Malay inscription in Arabic script and orthographical marks. On either side of the lower word, lotus flowers on an East Indies floral ornament. Around it, circumscription i…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Netherlands East Indies, ½ cent, 1945 P
1945
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned national coat of arms between year. Above crown country designation and below coat of arms value designation. Reverse: three-line Malay inscription in Arabic characters and orthographic signs, surrounded by an inscription in Javanese. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this o…
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