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Copper duit coin from 1735, with the VOC monogram on the obverse and the crowned coat of arms of Holland on the reverse. The duit (pronounced) (plural: duiten; English: doit [1]) was an old low-value Dutch copper coin. [2] Struck in the 17th and 18th centuries [3] in the territory of the Dutch Republic, it became an international currency.
Wrecked at the Scheldt estuary on 3 February 1735 Utrecht gold ducat of 1729, retrieved from the ' t Vliegend Hert shipwreck ' t Vliegent Hart ("the Flying Heart"), also sometimes listed as 't Vliegent Hert, was an 18th-century East Indiaman or "mirror return ship" ( Dutch : spiegelretourschip ) of the Dutch East India Company .
The Netherlands Indies guilder (Dutch: Nederlands-Indische gulden, Malay-Van Ophuijsen spelling: Roepiah Hindia-Belanda [1]) was the unit of account of the Dutch East Indies from 1602 under the United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), following Dutch practice first adopted in the 15th century (guilder coins were not minted in the Netherlands between 1558 and ...
A bronze doit of the Dutch East India Company, depicting the VOC monogram and its date of production on its obverse and the coat of arms of Holland on the reverse.. The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, often known as VOC) was a chartered company which issued a considerable series of coinage in bronze, silver and gold for its territories in the Far East ...
Pages in category "Coins of the Netherlands" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic. Amsterdam VOC headquarters. The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə ʔoːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi]; abbr. VOC [veː(j)oːˈseː]), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of ...
The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning 'golden', [1] and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.
Anna Catharina was an 18th-century East Indiaman or "mirror return ship" (Dutch: spiegelretourschip) of the Dutch East India Company. During her third voyage to Batavia, she wrecked at the Scheldt estuary, Dutch Republic, on 3 February 1735. All 175 people on board drowned.