Cent of the Dutch East Indies, 1945
Also known as: Cent van Nederlands Indië,1945
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
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 in Javanese. Central hole. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5751; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 4 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.4 cm x weight 4 g
Design
- 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 in Javanese. Central hole. Smooth edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Cent van Nederlands Indië,1945
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5751
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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