1/2 VOC stuiver of copper from 1838
Also known as: 1/2 VOC-stuiver van koper uit 1838
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1838
Copper 1/2 stuiver of the VOC from the Dutch East Indies from 1838. Obverse: inscription. Reverse: a crowned coat of arms containing a lion, with 1/2 to its left and the letters St. to its right.
The coin is housed in a small square envelope with inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-460-15; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.5 cm x thickness 0.1 cm x weight 4.26 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.5 cm x thickness 0.1 cm x weight 4.26 g · diameter 2,5 cm x dikte 0,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 4,26 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.5 cm x thickness 0.1 cm x weight 4.26 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription.
- Reverse
- a crowned coat of arms containing a lion, with 1/2 to its left and the letters St. to its right. The coin is housed in a small square envelope with inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- 1/2 VOC-stuiver van koper uit 1838
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-460-15
- Museum classification
- coin · halve stuiver
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- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
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- 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
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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