2½ cents of the Dutch East Indies, 1945
Also known as: 2½ cent van Nederlands Indië, 1945
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
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 as KOG-MP-1-5749; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 12.61 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 12.61 g · diameter 3,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 12,61 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 12.61 g
Design
- 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.
Identification
- Original title
- 2½ cent van Nederlands Indië, 1945
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5749
- Museum classification
- coin · tweeënhalve cent
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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